On Sun, 30 Aug 2015 16:20:15 -0400 Clarke Sideroad <clarke.sider...@gmail.com> wrote:
> It seems to me that with so much in common GNU/Linux or UNIX use that > was so deeply flawed, he/Redhat would have been further ahead to just > fork off and create Poettericks or or Poetterdows. No, because in a head to head showdown where people could alternate between Linux and PoetterGlom, in a year or two Linux would have won on technical merits. They had to wreck Linux before they could proceed with their plan. > > I guess the problem with heading in that direction would have be the > lack of recognition, his project/operating system seems to have taken > advantage of a well established name, Linux and managed to Hijack a > large proportion of the userbase. a rather astute strategic and > political move when you look at it that way. But ask, why does Redhat pay him for this. Redhat can't make money consulting a simple OS that any admin can admin. Follow the money. SteveT Steve Litt August 2015 featured book: Troubleshooting: Just the Facts http://www.troubleshooters.com/tjust _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
