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Current Newswire: Sifting Through Billions and Billions of Bytes Miro 2.0 - Watch TV Podcasts and Videos in HD Hands off the Gimp Course: Using LDAP Bazaar for Subversion users, part 1 - the basics Firefox 3.5 - A Really Impressive Release Linux Migration Guide: Finding Linux Equivalents to Your Favorite Windows Programs Tiny Core Linux 2.1 Review 5 Top of the Line Twitter Desktop Clients for Linux SECURITY: How Microsoft benefits from Conficker Senior Windows Engineer (NC) Next Step Systems US-NC-Charlotte Post A Job | Post A Resume Five Reasons Red Hat Should Ignore Consumer Linux Desktops May 20, 2008, 00 :00 UTC (6 Talkback[s]) (3599 reads) (Other stories by Joe Panettieri) "Okay, it has been about a month since Red Hat said it had no plans to offer a consumer Linux release. Lots of folks went ballistic. The VAR Guy didn't. Instead, he took some time to digest the news. And now he’s ready to say--definitively--that Red Hat made the right decision. Here are five reasons why Red Hat should ignore pleas for a consumer Linux release. "1. Money: Where is Red Hat going to generate the best profit margins and recurring revenue? The consumer desktop business is cutthroat..." Complete Story Related Stories: Linux Facing First Real Desktop Test(May 09, 2008) Red Hat Linux Desktop Moves: Calculated Strategy(May 06, 2008) Deflectors Say There's Something There, Sensors Say There Isn't(Apr 30, 2008) Something to Really Bake Your Noodle(Apr 25, 2008) Index Mode   |   Flat Mode   |   Thread Mode   |   Thread Flat     Talkback(s) Name  and Date   The first mistake...    cjm May 20, 2008, 02:12:15     Reason One    Shamar May 20, 2008, 06:52:57     Confused about facts....    GreyGeek May 20, 2008, 13:07:10     Focus    philc May 20, 2008, 14:53:54     The first mistake...is in thinking people take Ubu    Byran Lee May 21, 2008, 02:27:09     Re: The first mistake...is in thinking people take    cjm May 21, 2008, 13:31:59     Home | Search Talkbacks | Customize View    Top of Page   Enter your comments below: * Your Name: * Your Email Address: * Subject: CC: [will also send this talkback to an E-Mail address] * Comments: Tags allowed:<I>,<B> and <U>. See our talkback-policy for more about talkback content. Fields marked with * are required!

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