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Red Hat Avoids Desktop Linux, Says Too Tough
eldavojohn writes "We recently discussed the Linux Foundation's decision to leave desktop Linux alone but Red Hat is also steering clear of that goal. The reason? It's too tough. From the company blog: 'It's worth pointing out what's missing in the list above: we have no plans to create a traditional desktop product for the consumer market in the foreseeable future. An explanation: as a public, for-profit company, Red Hat must create products and technologies with an eye on the bottom line, and with desktops this is much harder to do than with servers.'"
The problem is that no one is going to take the time to write "high quality" software for linux, unless they're going to make money on it. Since they know most Linux users will either
A. Attack them for not being "free and open"
B. Steal the software anyway
It's not likely you'll ever see such an animal.
The personal desktop market isn't profitable when you have to compete against an illegal monopoly.
"Illegal monopoly" makes you sound like an idiot, because monopolies aren't illegal.
The abuse is illegal, the monopoly is not. There is a difference.