[ Thanks to James
Maguire for this link. ]
“There are some enterprise distributions that don’t rely on
marketing from big companies like Novell or Red Hat. One of the
biggest examples that comes to mind include CentOS. This
distribution is widely accepted as a Linux server OS, with an
estimated 30% of all web servers running it.“We’re also seeing newcomers making a name for themselves within
the server space, with names like Ubuntu. With support for Ubuntu
being offered both by the community and Canonical, companies all
over the world have a viable alternative to Red Hat and Novell when
it comes to large-scale Linux support on demand. Increasingly,
however, smaller Linux support firms are making themselves
available to help out regardless of which Linux distribution you
prefer. I think this may change the competitive landscape for Red
Hat and Novell, in the long-term.”
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