[OT] Google Trends

Gene Heskett gene.heskett at verizon.net
Sun May 14 11:25:10 UTC 2006


Arthur Pemberton wrote:
> 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?
> 
For starters, a lot older code, and a stable, well tested code base.  No 
real bleeding edge stuff to play with and learn about.

-- 
Cheers, Gene




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