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Posted in GNU/Linux, Linspire, Red Hat at 12:47 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Despite all the FUD, Red Hat isn’t hurting. There’s no evidence to suggest that other Linux distributors are affected, with the exception of Linspire. We’ll get to that point at the end. Here are a couple of articles demonstrating that Red Hat, which represent much of strength of Linux in wealthiest of industries, is getting along just fine. Customers are simply not enticed by Novell’s ‘protection’ added value, which has no value at all. We are yet to see how far interoperability goes.
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Red Hat is also making waves in Germany, which is the home of Novell SUSE Linux development. Pinchev said he could not even count the number of SUSE customers in Germany that have moved to Red Hat.
Red Hat is sticking to its Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 roadmap, because it’s still drawing in new customers and retaining the old ones…
Red Hat has been in this industry for quite some time, so it appears to know the rules of the game. It also know the business models better than Novell does. Linspire, on the other, being a somewhat controversial newcomer, appears confused. BoycottNovell reader, gpl1, points out that Linspire engages in coversations with its customers. Bear in mind that Linspire has at one point given Rob Enderle, whom I mentioned an hour ago, a virtual pat on the shoulder. This harmed its image.
=> ↺ points out that Linspire engages in coversations with its customers | ↺ whom I mentioned an hour ago
On the other hand, Linspire has been getting close to Canonical and it even uses Ubuntu as its codebase, having replaced Debian. Mark Shuttleworth clearly explained to Matt Asay that he will not tolerate these ‘protection racket’ attempts. Perhaps Kevin Carmony (of Linspire) and Mark should speak.
Tread Carefully, Linspire, or Face the Consequences.
FUD is FUD. It is not actual risk. It’s imaginary and perceived risk and you seem like an innocent victim here. Please do not humiliate yourselves, Linspire. You are as safe as everybody else.
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