Red Hat CEO questions desktop’s relevance in Linux debate

“Representatives from organizations such as Red Hat, the Chicago
Mercantile Exchange, and Fidelity Information Services offered
perspectives on Linux and open source on the desktop during a
session at the InfoWorld Open Source Business Conference (OSBC) in
San Francisco. The session was entitled “End Users and Linux: Do We
Have a Participation Problem?”.

“Red Hat’s CEO Jim Whitehurst pointed out several issues with
running Linux on the desktop, including financial concerns the
company has as a Linux vendor.

“”First of all, I don’t know how to make money on it,”
Whitehurst said. “Very few people are running a desktop that’s
mission-critical,” so they do not want to pay the company for a
desktop OS, he said.”

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