I don't want to be a nay-sayer here, but as a member of the linux community we have a serious problem of DIRECTION. Here we have a large company sticking its neck out on the line based on the hope that in the future they will be able to provide service and support to their linux distribution. Service and support indicate corporate users. Not many end-users, or geeks, are willing to shell out money for a support contract, especially when you can go to Deja for free. But we have numerous technical debates and write-ups that linux is not keeping up in the high end server market. So why would I, a corporate user, use linux at work for a production server?
This argument is going to really plague RHAT and its investors as the true market for linux is explored. RedHat is lining itself up to have a great number of home and campus users using their product and supporting THEMSELVES online. I hope our friends don't get burnt on IPO stocks they have purchased.
Once again the uneducated public is informed how perfect a society of interconnected, networking souls are the true path to righteousness. The web is nothing more than advertising we pay for. I argue that TBL's day of information sharing for the sake of research went away a long time ago. The web developer of tomorrow is closely aligned with the corporate lawyer / PR man. Closely screen ANY information to ensure that no individual can gain access to the REAL truth.
Maybe the real thinkers should be looking forward to that next technology which will move us past the web and onto the next frontier of human evolution?
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I don't want to be a nay-sayer here, but as a member of the linux community we have a serious problem of DIRECTION. Here we have a large company sticking its neck out on the line based on the hope that in the future they will be able to provide service and support to their linux distribution. Service and support indicate corporate users. Not many end-users, or geeks, are willing to shell out money for a support contract, especially when you can go to Deja for free. But we have numerous technical debates and write-ups that linux is not keeping up in the high end server market. So why would I, a corporate user, use linux at work for a production server?
This argument is going to really plague RHAT and its investors as the true market for linux is explored. RedHat is lining itself up to have a great number of home and campus users using their product and supporting THEMSELVES online. I hope our friends don't get burnt on IPO stocks they have purchased.
Once again the uneducated public is informed how perfect a society of interconnected, networking souls are the true path to righteousness. The web is nothing more than advertising we pay for. I argue that TBL's day of information sharing for the sake of research went away a long time ago. The web developer of tomorrow is closely aligned with the corporate lawyer / PR man. Closely screen ANY information to ensure that no individual can gain access to the REAL truth.
Maybe the real thinkers should be looking forward to that next technology which will move us past the web and onto the next frontier of human evolution?