On Monday 18 February 2002 21:57, Joshua Lee wrote:
On Monday 18 February 2002 04:28 pm, mike wrote:
Red Hat and Mandrake need to satisfy their investors (and still take their customers money), SuSE is free to satisfy their customers (who are paying them for a product). Public companies seem to lose sight quickly of the
Although I agree that SuSE serves it's customers better than RH or 'Drake, it should be pointed out that I vaguely remember hearing that SuSE has gone through a reorganization having in mind going public.
Public, private, it's all the same. If the company is well-run and stays focused, it will serve customers well and therefore please investors. It's when the company loses focus that the problems start. -- dj tuchler dtuchler@earthlink.net