I have to agree with El Volio on this one. I mean, the majority of us want Linux to succeed as the next OS to Windoze, don't we? I would argue that bringing in a "suit", as some others stated, would enhance the manageability of the Red Hat Software Company (as opposed to the Red Hat Open Source Dev. team).
I welcome the opportunities that Bob now has open to him, such as furthering the widespread acceptance of Linux as a Micro$oft competitor, and a viable business and personal OS that is ready for the "big-time".
Red Hat is clearly becoming the commercial front runner as far as hardware and service partnerships go, therefore they need a businessman to help organize their finances, customer relationships, and VAR partnerships.
So, IMO Red Hat is making a great, timely move to snatch the reins from other Linux vendors and get our favorite OS into the hands of the masses, while keeping the focus on new code development!
That's some stupid shit to say, since the Visor just came out. Why don't you give Palm Computing the opportunity to bring their prices down, since this is their first PalmOS competitor? Is that okay with you, Mr. Anonymous Fuckstick?
You dammmm right about that. The Gateway folks are just as bad as Micro$oft in the "tech support" arena.
Just think if this "support" isn't half-assed; more people may start using Linux, and that's what we want, right? If I can dump all my Microsquish products and stay Linux forever, then I'll be home free!!!
Yes, see the IBM PC website for information about the new Thinkpad 600E with native Linux support. You can even buy one pre-installed with Red Hat 6.0 (6.1?)...
Futhermore, IBM is going to fully support Linux, and is even coming soon with an Open Source Server available from the Internet for the purposes of sharing RPMs... Can't wait!
TummyX makes a good point about Sun being anti-Microsoft. However, I think that somebody has to stand up to that juggernaut.
If KOffice works well, then who cares about StarOffice, which appears to be well on the way to proprietary anyway? Besides, even though I love OpenSource stuff and the cohesion of this group, money does make the world go 'round, and paid developers and their software have always been preferred because of their support backing.
Just my thoughts...
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I have to go with ODP, also. They come up with (in my mind) clearly the most relevant data, and its super-fast!
I recommend everybody going to http://dmoz.org as soon as possible.
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I have to agree with El Volio on this one. I mean, the majority of us want Linux to succeed as the next OS to Windoze, don't we? I would argue that bringing in a "suit", as some others stated, would enhance the manageability of the Red Hat Software Company (as opposed to the Red Hat Open Source Dev. team).
I welcome the opportunities that Bob now has open to him, such as furthering the widespread acceptance of Linux as a Micro$oft competitor, and a viable business and personal OS that is ready for the "big-time".
Red Hat is clearly becoming the commercial front runner as far as hardware and service partnerships go, therefore they need a businessman to help organize their finances, customer relationships, and VAR partnerships.
So, IMO Red Hat is making a great, timely move to snatch the reins from other Linux vendors and get our favorite OS into the hands of the masses, while keeping the focus on new code development!
Right On!
That's some stupid shit to say, since the Visor just came out. Why don't you give Palm Computing the opportunity to bring their prices down, since this is their first PalmOS competitor? Is that okay with you, Mr. Anonymous Fuckstick?
You dammmm right about that. The Gateway folks are just as bad as Micro$oft in the "tech support" arena.
Just think if this "support" isn't half-assed; more people may start using Linux, and that's what we want, right? If I can dump all my Microsquish products and stay Linux forever, then I'll be home free!!!
Yes, see the IBM PC website for information about the new Thinkpad 600E with native Linux support. You can even buy one pre-installed with Red Hat 6.0 (6.1?)...
Futhermore, IBM is going to fully support Linux, and is even coming soon with an Open Source Server available from the Internet for the purposes of sharing RPMs... Can't wait!
See this site for more on IBM & Linux...
Right on, Skyshadow!
Doubt we'll ever see Solaris offered as GPL, but I hope that the better Solaris features do make it into the Linux kernel.
That'll teach Sun to try to cash in on distributed development while trying to copyright everybody else's work on their product!
You suck. IBM can do whatever it feels, and it didn't get the name "Big Blue" because the computers are big and blue.
IBM has over 300,000 employees worldwide, and I don't think one Thinkpad model is going to fuck up the reputation of a company over 80 years old...
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TummyX makes a good point about Sun being anti-Microsoft. However, I think that somebody has to stand up to that juggernaut.
If KOffice works well, then who cares about StarOffice, which appears to be well on the way to proprietary anyway? Besides, even though I love OpenSource stuff and the cohesion of this group, money does make the world go 'round, and paid developers and their software have always been preferred because of their support backing.
Just my thoughts...
I have to go with ODP, also. They come up with (in my mind) clearly the most relevant data, and its super-fast!
I recommend everybody going to http://dmoz.org as soon as possible.