"I love how the OS community assumes it's always about them."
Microsoft doesn't consider Citrix to be much more than a pimple on it's ass. This is all about Linux and OSS and keeping the wafflers on the MS side of the fence for a little while longer. This is really nothing more than a smoke and mirror parlour trick that costs them almost nothing to put out. They will probably even give it (The thin client software) away more often than not. I swear I am more surprised they didn't think of doing this before now.
All of my experiences with Red Hat over the years can best be summed up as expensive. First there was my participation in the 2nd ever RHCE course. Red Hat was still creating and/or correcting their handouts for the course. All the while unabashedly charging top dollar for the course.
Then there was the experience with the RH service vendors. Way overpriced and totally underwhelmed with the service.
Personally, I was quite happy when RH announced they were only going to support RHEL. That was just the push my employer needed. After I left my last employer and started my own company I standardized on Gentoo.
I have often thought over the years that Red Hat was only in it for the buck. I don't have any objection to a company making an honest profit, but I have always felt that RH was gouging the customer. Ultimately, I think the market will agree with Dell. Red Hat IS overpriced.
I've been through a lot distros over the years. But Gentoo was the one that stayed installed on the hard drive. For me, it is all I ask of an OS. One of the best things that I absolutely love about Gentoo is the active and highly professional developer community. They really get it.
Go Gentoo!!!
For me to have more connectivity options to use when the server goes down.
Wait a minute, I am the boss. Hmmmm... maybe this will have promise afterall. Um, never mind.
The big deal isn't really about the money, the IPO, or even really the GOOG scrolling along on the big board everyday.
To me anyway, the big deal is some wickedly smart people, built from the gound up, a company that runs on forty bazillion Linux servers and is worth a stack of Ben Franklins from here to the moon...
I guess hitting a jackpot bigger than any lottery ever won would be considered another ho-hum day at the office for you?
No offense, but you might want to consider maybe lowering your standard of what constitutes "a big deal" in your book.
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Microsoft doesn't consider Citrix to be much more than a pimple on it's ass. This is all about Linux and OSS and keeping the wafflers on the MS side of the fence for a little while longer. This is really nothing more than a smoke and mirror parlour trick that costs them almost nothing to put out. They will probably even give it (The thin client software) away more often than not. I swear I am more surprised they didn't think of doing this before now.
Will it save us money on our car insurance?
OpenBSD. Enough said.
Next question?
Sorry, just had to use my moderator points before I lost them. Please carry on...
All of my experiences with Red Hat over the years can best be summed up as expensive. First there was my participation in the 2nd ever RHCE course. Red Hat was still creating and/or correcting their handouts for the course. All the while unabashedly charging top dollar for the course.
Then there was the experience with the RH service vendors. Way overpriced and totally underwhelmed with the service.
Personally, I was quite happy when RH announced they were only going to support RHEL. That was just the push my employer needed. After I left my last employer and started my own company I standardized on Gentoo.
I have often thought over the years that Red Hat was only in it for the buck. I don't have any objection to a company making an honest profit, but I have always felt that RH was gouging the customer. Ultimately, I think the market will agree with Dell. Red Hat IS overpriced.
I've been through a lot distros over the years. But Gentoo was the one that stayed installed on the hard drive. For me, it is all I ask of an OS. One of the best things that I absolutely love about Gentoo is the active and highly professional developer community. They really get it. Go Gentoo!!!
For me to have more connectivity options to use when the server goes down. Wait a minute, I am the boss. Hmmmm... maybe this will have promise afterall. Um, never mind.
The big deal isn't really about the money, the IPO, or even really the GOOG scrolling along on the big board everyday.
To me anyway, the big deal is some wickedly smart people, built from the gound up, a company that runs on forty bazillion Linux servers and is worth a stack of Ben Franklins from here to the moon...
I guess hitting a jackpot bigger than any lottery ever won would be considered another ho-hum day at the office for you?
No offense, but you might want to consider maybe lowering your standard of what constitutes "a big deal" in your book.
Just a thought. Just a thought...