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:LinuxInsider: Red Hat: Time for the Tar and Feathers?
LinuxInsider: Red Hat: Time for the Tar and Feathers?
Oct 7, 2004, 17 :30 UTC (19 Talkback[s]) (9720 reads)

(Other stories by Paul Murphy)

"As con men these two pitiful rascals made their living by pretending to be what they were not, and then charging the gullible to share the illusion. A cynic might see parallels to Red Hat here: pretending to open source ideals while actually charging the MSCE community for the privilege of sharing the illusion.

"The current management team at Red Hat has consistently been vocal about its agenda. The road to Microsoft, Open Source Affairs Vice President Michael Tieman has said many times, goes through Mountain View first--meaning that he wants to take over the 'Unix' server base before taking on Microsoft's desktop. Lately, however, Sun has been firing back..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
Murphy cites a Boston Globe article, cal ...   A really PRO hatchet job!   
GreyGeek
Oct 7, 2004, 18:04:32
 
Once again, LinuxInsider shows their tru ...   Once again...   
Dromedary
Oct 7, 2004, 18:33:11
 
Editing! Editing is a huge part of how c ...   Editing   
Rob
Oct 7, 2004, 18:36:43
 
The article swings wildly from topic to  ...   Totally incomprehensible   
Jimmy the Geek
Oct 7, 2004, 18:50:55
 
This is just more of what we've come ...   Another Linuxinsider article...   
stevew
Oct 7, 2004, 18:54:09
 
It's official- Red Hat bashing is th ...   tar and feathers for the author   
Alice Sysadmin
Oct 7, 2004, 19:19:27
 
As if the recent hyperbolic and irration ...   Everybody jump on Red Hat! Get em!!   
Phil
Oct 7, 2004, 19:28:53
 
RH started the "war" ... now, let's  ...   how many feathers will it lose?:)   
Marco
Oct 7, 2004, 19:36:21
 
> Once again, LinuxInsider shows their t ...   Re: Once again...   
Brian Proffitt
Oct 7, 2004, 20:43:42
 
Redhat started the war by taking market  ...   Re: how many feathers will it lose?:)   
Bilbo
Oct 7, 2004, 20:46:47
 
No, it's about LiNUX.  I don't k ...   Wrong! LiNUX is the target   
Gary Edwards
Oct 7, 2004, 21:31:33
 
    I think many of the comments about M ...   Overreaction?   
Michael Conlon
Oct 7, 2004, 21:45:01
 
> > Once again, LinuxInsider shows their ...   Re: Re: Once again...   
alice sysadmin
Oct 7, 2004, 22:16:38
 
>> - Red Hat has historically been the l ...   Re: tar and feathers for the author   
jp
Oct 8, 2004, 05:24:24
 
Red Hat can charge all they want for the ...   Don't Like, But Very Much Respect Red Hat   
Matthew C. Tedder
Oct 8, 2004, 05:37:09
 
> No, it's about LiNUX.Huh? excuse m ...   Re: Wrong! LiNUX is the target   
Onan the Barbarian
Oct 8, 2004, 09:04:04
 
> - you can purchase one copy of Red Hat ...   Re: tar and feathers for the author   
Onan the Barbarian
Oct 8, 2004, 09:20:26
 
There are a few things that are clear ab ...   RedHat is allowed, so is everyone else   
Joe User
Oct 8, 2004, 20:01:57
 
> While I don't like them for techni ...   Re: Don't Like, But Very Much Respect Red Hat   
Trond Eivind Glomsrød
Oct 9, 2004, 08:11:16
 
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