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Red Hat Dismissing Microsoft, Oracle
Robert writes to tell us Red Hat's CEO Matthew Szulik is encouraging customers to take Microsoft up on their support voucher offer for Novell's rival Linux system in order to "get the issue over with." Dismissing the impact that the Microsoft-Novell deal has had on business, Szulik is just happy to see customers taking Microsoft's money. "Szulik also dismissed Oracle Corp's attempt to under-cut it on Linux support on similar grounds, insisting that customers were unlikely to be convinced by cost savings that are a small percentage of their overall software spend."
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Red Hat sounds like it's speaking from that sinking feeling in the pit of it's stomach, the one that knows a team-up between Microsoft and Oracle can clobber it.
...Or they just cry and whine and blame everyone else and beg for VC money, but that's not a good business model.
MS is, let's face it, the most trusted name in operating systems and support. In my job, I've had to deal with MS's support people plenty of times, many times face to face, and it's been nothing but positive. Microsoft has the "Corporate Kevorka", because they are proven to get things done. Corporations run on "getting things done", or else they fail.
And while I'm not a big Oracle fan, they are a pretty big name, respected in the DB industry. They, like MS, have a rep of "getting it done".
So what does Red Hat have to offer, aside from a counter-culture mystique which only appeals to tech tinkerers, nerds who aren't all that concerned with "getting it done"? Being a member of the FOSS cult isn't going to please shareholders, and that shrine to Lunis isn't impressing executives.
I'm not a fan of having non-technical people make technical decisions, and in my experience, it's always been the IT *Professionals* (not the tinkerers) who have pushed Microsoft products. I know I'll get modded down for saying all this, but... it's all 100% true.
Professionals don't like to be relaint on "the community" for their support. When you have a mission-critical server go down at 11am, "the community" isn't going to go those extra steps to get you up and running ASAP. That's why business... REAL business... always needs to go with the guys who "get it done".