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Re: [SLE] Red Hat, etc.
- From: "Fred A. Miller" <fm@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 16:24:46 -0400
- Message-id: <0104181624471J.05512@cups-2>
On Wednesday 18 April 2001 4:08:P, Mike wrote:
[snip]
> > Every new release from all companies have new "goodies." SuSE will
> > do the same for 7.2. The business climate is changing world
> > wide...NO
>
> Well, almost. I've got everything available on the RH distro except
> their 'TUX' web server. But I don't really need that.. ;-)
I wouldn't either.
> > exceptions. What WILL eventually happen are some mergers of some
> > distros. It's inevitable, because there are too many presently that
> > AREN'T making any money, and the rest aren't making enough profit
> > over and above expenses. If we want to continue to enjoy high
> > quality software at REASONABLE prices, then these and other changes
> > MUST happen. IF they do not, we all will be at the mercy of
> > MickySoft, like it not, that IS reality. Ideology doesn't cut it in
> > the
> > marketplace...NOT anymore. Does it mean the end of open
> > source...NO, but there soon will NOT be any more "free beer."
>
> I'm afraid that you are right. And for those folks that can't accept
> it, they will go on to something else.
There will be some who will remain in denial...for awhile. :)
> A few of the smaller companies might stay with it, but not with the
> numbers that are out there right now. So many of them don't stand a
> chance. Case in point is Corel. Relatively large company. But
> couldn't make it with a linux distribution. Storm is another one that
> recently declared bankruptcy. I just checked their site, and although
> it is still up, it doesn't appear to have been updated since December
> 2000.
By years end...........
Fred
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----/ / _ Fred A. Miller
---/ / (_)__ __ ____ __ Systems Administrator
--/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / Cornell Univ. Press Services
-/____/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ fm@xxxxxxxxxxx
[snip]
> > Every new release from all companies have new "goodies." SuSE will
> > do the same for 7.2. The business climate is changing world
> > wide...NO
>
> Well, almost. I've got everything available on the RH distro except
> their 'TUX' web server. But I don't really need that.. ;-)
I wouldn't either.
> > exceptions. What WILL eventually happen are some mergers of some
> > distros. It's inevitable, because there are too many presently that
> > AREN'T making any money, and the rest aren't making enough profit
> > over and above expenses. If we want to continue to enjoy high
> > quality software at REASONABLE prices, then these and other changes
> > MUST happen. IF they do not, we all will be at the mercy of
> > MickySoft, like it not, that IS reality. Ideology doesn't cut it in
> > the
> > marketplace...NOT anymore. Does it mean the end of open
> > source...NO, but there soon will NOT be any more "free beer."
>
> I'm afraid that you are right. And for those folks that can't accept
> it, they will go on to something else.
There will be some who will remain in denial...for awhile. :)
> A few of the smaller companies might stay with it, but not with the
> numbers that are out there right now. So many of them don't stand a
> chance. Case in point is Corel. Relatively large company. But
> couldn't make it with a linux distribution. Storm is another one that
> recently declared bankruptcy. I just checked their site, and although
> it is still up, it doesn't appear to have been updated since December
> 2000.
By years end...........
Fred
--
--
----/ / _ Fred A. Miller
---/ / (_)__ __ ____ __ Systems Administrator
--/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / Cornell Univ. Press Services
-/____/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ fm@xxxxxxxxxxx
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