No, RedHat dropped their retail Linux offering. And they didn't drop it because it was unviable, they dropped it because it wasn't growing. They said it was still profitable, but they would rather spend the money generating growth. RedHat publicly admitted such. If you want to accuse them of lying (and fraud, because they are publicly traded), go ahead, but IMO, they've proved themselves trustworthy so far.
All the companies you've listed don't need to "reclaim the desktop" to be profitable. All they need to do is sell widgets. Apple sells a Mac, RedHat sells a support contract, and IBM sells other people's hardware, training and support. None of them rely on 'owning the desktop' or beating Microsoft to be successful. Apple, Sun and IBM have all survived the Microsoft Years, and even made a profit at times. Not everything in the computing world revolves around PCs
No matter how much I despise RIAA's tactics, they are still a legitimate business. If this passes, it will be one of the biggest thefts by the American government since the FCC appropriated radio and TV. Even I have pity on RIAA if this horrendous law passes.
Remember, just because we are not socialist does not mean that we are capitalist. Life is not the absence of Death.
We don't have a capitalist governemnt in the US because of the massive amount of regulation there is today. Medicine is almost completely socialized, the EPA can decide to take any piece of land in the US at will. The anti-trust laws are a joke to anyone who understands true competition. We live in a statist country.
For everyone in here who muttered some moral judgement on capitalism such as "Capitalism exploits the consumers" or "The Telco's are being greedy," remember that NO WHERE on earth is there a capitalist government. Even in the U.S. is statist, not capitalist. The Telco's can petition / throw money at the FCC to screw people by regulating this kind of thing. The government agencies in a statist / socialist government screw people, not legititmate businesses in a capitalist nation.
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I'm running linux, but still learning. Can someone tell a noob what the cat /dev/null $1 does and why the parent is funny?
No, RedHat dropped their retail Linux offering. And they didn't drop it because it was unviable, they dropped it because it wasn't growing. They said it was still profitable, but they would rather spend the money generating growth. RedHat publicly admitted such. If you want to accuse them of lying (and fraud, because they are publicly traded), go ahead, but IMO, they've proved themselves trustworthy so far.
All the companies you've listed don't need to "reclaim the desktop" to be profitable. All they need to do is sell widgets. Apple sells a Mac, RedHat sells a support contract, and IBM sells other people's hardware, training and support. None of them rely on 'owning the desktop' or beating Microsoft to be successful. Apple, Sun and IBM have all survived the Microsoft Years, and even made a profit at times. Not everything in the computing world revolves around PCs
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So how do you know it was a linux box that leaked? Link please?
No matter how much I despise RIAA's tactics, they are still a legitimate business. If this passes, it will be one of the biggest thefts by the American government since the FCC appropriated radio and TV. Even I have pity on RIAA if this horrendous law passes.
We don't have a capitalist governemnt in the US because of the massive amount of regulation there is today. Medicine is almost completely socialized, the EPA can decide to take any piece of land in the US at will. The anti-trust laws are a joke to anyone who understands true competition. We live in a statist country.
For everyone in here who muttered some moral judgement on capitalism such as "Capitalism exploits the consumers" or "The Telco's are being greedy," remember that NO WHERE on earth is there a capitalist government. Even in the U.S. is statist, not capitalist. The Telco's can petition / throw money at the FCC to screw people by regulating this kind of thing. The government agencies in a statist / socialist government screw people, not legititmate businesses in a capitalist nation.