Red Hat Desktop Unveiled

Gudlyf writes "Red Hat announced yesterday that they will be releasing a version of their OS -- dubbed 'Red Hat Desktop' -- targeted at corporations, universities and government agencies, "looking to upgrade their PCs but don't want or need all the features that ship with the latest version of Windows", said Matthew Szulik, Red Hat's chief executive, although it's not targeted at consumers. It will cost on average about $5 a month per machine, with additional support services available."

Comments

Re:didn't they just announce...

[dijjnn]

sorry, not looking for a job with red hat:)

Re:It is all about marketing to the pointy haired.

[Jeff DeMaagd]

And that would differ from Microsoft how?

Red Hat did FAR worse than Microsoft ever did in regards to EOLs.

Microsoft did the EOL on Windows 98 SE a few months ago. I think MS gave it about a five year run. Windows ME is still supported NOW. Windows 2000 will still be supported for at least another year.

Red Hat's one year run they gave to RH9 is unacceptable from a business perspective. You don't do surprise EOLs. Even Microsoft knows that.

clarified topic writeup

[lone_marauder]

Red Hat announced yesterday that they are desperately hurling together a version of their OS -- dubbed 'Red Hat Desktop' -- targeted at disaffected former Red Hat users disenfranchised by their having commercialized and therefore effectively shut down the Red Hat Linux distribution. Based on Mandrake's recent success in the previously abandoned desktop Linux market, it will cost on average about $5 a month per machine, with additional support services available.