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:Free Software Magazine: Why Red Hat Will Go Bust Because of Ubuntu
Free Software Magazine: Why Red Hat Will Go Bust Because of Ubuntu
Aug 2, 2006, 12 :45 UTC (12 Talkback[s]) (10632 reads)

(Other stories by Tony Mobily)

"First of all: Red Hat was my first love, as far as GNU/Linux distributions are concerned. I was always frustrated by the many tgz files in slackware, and was ecstatic when I installed Red Hat 3.0.3. At that time, Red Hat was a tiny startup with a modem connection to the internet. It was based on RPM, a tool that made me finally feel in control of my system.

"Now, the key sentence: I became a user of Red Hat Linux for my desktop machine (and yes, it was a bit of a challenge!), and a couple of months later, when I had to choose what distribution I should use for my server, I chose the one I was most accustomed to: Red Hat Linux..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
Ubuntu fanboy ahoy!If it weren't for ...   Snigger   
Cynic
Aug 2, 2006, 14:00:42
 
This seems to make sense. After all, the ...   Seems to make sense   
Onan the Barbarian
Aug 2, 2006, 15:20:34
 
commercial server vendors is that once p ...   The biggest obstacle to RH and other ....   
GreyGeek
Aug 2, 2006, 16:06:10
 
I've expected that Red Hat would eve ...   It goes back to the decision to drop the Professio   
Charles Hixson
Aug 2, 2006, 17:13:11
 
> commercial server vendors is that once ...   Re: The biggest obstacle to RH and other ....   
Thomas Schenk
Aug 2, 2006, 17:30:21
 
I just signed up for a "Basic Edition" p ...   Why I chose RH   
rm
Aug 2, 2006, 18:45:20
 
> I've expected that Red Hat would e ...   Re: It goes back to the decision to drop the Profe   
Byran Lee
Aug 3, 2006, 03:39:02
 
> Redhat did the right thing in chucking ...   Re: Re: It goes back to the decision to drop the P   
blackhole
Aug 3, 2006, 05:24:10
 
> I just signed up for a "Basic Edition" ...   Re: Why I chose RH   
Andreas Mohr
Aug 3, 2006, 08:59:04
 
[...].> Redhat did the right thing in ch ...   Re: Re: It goes back to the decision to drop the P   
Rainer Weikusat
Aug 3, 2006, 10:37:08
 
> Redhat did the right thing in chucking ...   Re: Re: It goes back to the decision to drop the P   
John D. Robertson
Aug 3, 2006, 11:58:30
 
> You forgot to add> 6)We financially su ...   Re: Re: Why I chose RH   
rm
Aug 3, 2006, 14:25:20
 
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