[oclug] RH misgivings

[Chris Herrnberger]

On Tuesday 04 November 2003 10:53, Rod Giffin wrote:
> Chris Herrnberger said:
> > On the same day that Novel, SuSE and IBM merge to challenge both the
> > server  and desktop space, RedHat comes out with this sheer stroke of
> > brilliance. Im  not going to summarize it as I want you all to read
> > this. And this from a  company that is supported by our talent and
> > dollars. Me thinks the end is  near..if they want to play hardball like
> > this..:) All I can say is 'bring it  on" I clearly know and understand
> > what companies and entities I will be  supporting.
> >
> > http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39117575,00.htm
>
> Quote from the above link, "Consumers want USB drivers and digital camera
> support"  Duh.  I do that with Linux already, and it worked without me
> knowing it would.
>
> I don't like what the article says, but it doesn't appear to me to be all
> that far out of character for Szulik considering he sees RedHat as
> Microsoft's server room competitor.  But, there's a little piece of me
> that is wondering if there's something else going on here.  It's not April
> 1st, but it is snowing outside at the moment.  Who knows, maybe a solar
> flare hit too close Szulik's house last week.

Corduality is pronounced in your assessment of motive. The timing here is what 
is important. Novel/IBM/SuSE/Ximian get there act together 
(questionably..results to be determined) with respect to a potential combined 
and integrated corp quality desktop and server play and the leading 
competitor's head honcho recommends Windows...:) 

Sad to see the corduality of the past between OSS players no longer exists.

/ch