Although I'm not an advocate of any certain distro, I must say that I applaud RH the effort they have put into open source software. However, this problem shows one problem with open source: Quality control on open source software.
In an ideal situation, every programmer will look at the source code, and contribute to the effort of the open project. Most people (like myself) are free-riders, who have no ability to program. So as idealistically sound open source may seem, there are certain issues to worry about.
In RH's case, at least they pay their workers-which means that they are more willing to do the dirtywork of bug fixing others' code (in theory). Although, cases like this gives another doubt in the "Linux for the business" credibility since more non-techies seem to equate Linux with RedHat. It seems to be an understanding by almost everyone, that any RH x.0 distro is pretty much an experimental state, and must not be used on production servers. This, however, makes theo perating system appear "buggy" and "not production-quality" to the uninformed, hence I wish they will take more pride in their distribution instead of "hey, we had that packaged into ours first!" I honestly wish
comments on how RH's similarity with MS due to their tactics are only on the surface. Unlike MS (whose operating system is proprietary), RH simply has their own distribution of an open-sourced OS. If you so choose not to use their distro, you have enough other choices: e.g. Debian, Mandrake, Slackware, etc etc.
I guess at least it was a reallocation of capital from uncle sam to people like you or me. Granted, they are microsoft employees (along with many other corporations that use this method as a "tax break"), I but at least the money wasn't used for uncle sam to fund another "Carnivore" and FUD-spreading of Carnivore.
must be nice to be on the receiving end of the deal... I've been wanting a cool rackmount from VA Linux or the similar... *drool*
But legally, they are a separate entity.
now consider the flip side of the coin
if you were to start your own business, and decide to incorporate, depending on what state you are in.... but probably around $400, and you have yourself a corporation. The next step is to raise funds... assuming the you have chartered for X number of shares of your stock, that becomes the corporation's liability.
If this corporation of yours go bankrupt, what happens? Are you liable to repay any outstanding debts? No. Because the Corporation was in debt. So if the corporation is what goes bankrupt, and not the stockholders (equity holders, which is similar to a sole proprietor or partnerships who are liable for any outstanding debt that their company has), then shouldn't they get taxed also?
A lot of people just talk about the double-taxation problem of corporations, but never seem to mention the benefits a corporation has.
just my $0.02
then why bother spending such a high marketing expense which decreases the marginal revenue of the product?
marketting hypes != quality of the product
remember RDRAM?
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Although I'm not an advocate of any certain distro, I must say that I applaud RH the effort they have put into open source software. However, this problem shows one problem with open source: Quality control on open source software.
In an ideal situation, every programmer will look at the source code, and contribute to the effort of the open project. Most people (like myself) are free-riders, who have no ability to program. So as idealistically sound open source may seem, there are certain issues to worry about.
In RH's case, at least they pay their workers-which means that they are more willing to do the dirtywork of bug fixing others' code (in theory). Although, cases like this gives another doubt in the "Linux for the business" credibility since more non-techies seem to equate Linux with RedHat. It seems to be an understanding by almost everyone, that any RH x.0 distro is pretty much an experimental state, and must not be used on production servers. This, however, makes theo perating system appear "buggy" and "not production-quality" to the uninformed, hence I wish they will take more pride in their distribution instead of "hey, we had that packaged into ours first!" I honestly wish comments on how RH's similarity with MS due to their tactics are only on the surface. Unlike MS (whose operating system is proprietary), RH simply has their own distribution of an open-sourced OS. If you so choose not to use their distro, you have enough other choices: e.g. Debian, Mandrake, Slackware, etc etc.
I guess at least it was a reallocation of capital from uncle sam to people like you or me. Granted, they are microsoft employees (along with many other corporations that use this method as a "tax break"), I but at least the money wasn't used for uncle sam to fund another "Carnivore" and FUD-spreading of Carnivore. must be nice to be on the receiving end of the deal... I've been wanting a cool rackmount from VA Linux or the similar... *drool*
I totally agree :)
But legally, they are a separate entity.
now consider the flip side of the coin if you were to start your own business, and decide to incorporate, depending on what state you are in.... but probably around $400, and you have yourself a corporation. The next step is to raise funds... assuming the you have chartered for X number of shares of your stock, that becomes the corporation's liability. If this corporation of yours go bankrupt, what happens? Are you liable to repay any outstanding debts? No. Because the Corporation was in debt. So if the corporation is what goes bankrupt, and not the stockholders (equity holders, which is similar to a sole proprietor or partnerships who are liable for any outstanding debt that their company has), then shouldn't they get taxed also? A lot of people just talk about the double-taxation problem of corporations, but never seem to mention the benefits a corporation has. just my $0.02
then why bother spending such a high marketing expense which decreases the marginal revenue of the product? marketting hypes != quality of the product remember RDRAM?
those who steal from their parents will just have to steal more to cross the border over to enjoy arcades in Singapore...