[OT] Google Trends

[Arthur Pemberton]

On 5/14/06, David-Paul Niner <dpniner at dpniner.name> wrote:
> On Saturday 13 May 2006 11:58 pm, Rickey Moore wrote:
> > On Sat, 2006-05-13 at 08:42 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
> > > red hat, suse, fedora, debian
> >
> > When they offloaded the $49 individual user they really lost some volume
> > in the Enterprise. Let's face it, if you're a linux geek at home, you'll
> > use what you use at work. Same as in the MicroSoft world. It's marketing
> > and human nature, plain and simple. Ric
>
> I have to concur with that.   Everyone understands that RedHat is a corporate
> entity trying to earn a profit, for which they shouldn't be attacked.
>
> But several years ago (1999) when I decided I would try to convince my manager
> to allow me to install Linux at work, I was able to do so because I had
> become comfortable enough with it at home to confidently move forward.
> Turns out there were a few small lumps initially, but because I'd all ready
> become comfortable with traversing the web in search of information I was
> quickly able to resolve the problems.
>
> I can't see any downside to Red Hat offering a sub-$100/annual version of
> their EL system for home use.   Ditch the support options if necessary and
> just provide updates from RHN.
>
> It seems like a lost revenue stream to me.   Is there something very basic I'm
> overlooking?
>
> DP
>
>

How would this be better than Fedora?

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