Fred You remind me of the biological creature called a lysosome which essentially has a distinct feature of destroying itself eventually as it grows :--)))). Please do not condemn Linux to that destiny too.
IMHO, Linux is linux, as long as the GPL is honoured and Red Hat does not attempt to twist arms in future, all is well this side of Operating systems. Have you by any chance tried to use Mandrake for a workstation ? I just got the Suse version that boots off CD and it seems to rock btw. Will be going purely Linux in our office by the end of this month. Just completed a battle of locating an open source accounting programme that would rival Quick books and indeed Mybooks is a good alternative. So as you party with Gaetano on Saturday, some of us shall be fine tuning Linux on the desktop. Wire > I am worried that we might have the same problem as we have with > Microsoft in future where there is only one Distro on our desktops. > > I have had a problem convincing some of my clients that there are other > distros other than RedHat. > > Fred. > > On Thu, 11 Sep 2003, Kiggundu Mukasa wrote: > >> Fred, >> RedHat is a good distribution and many distributions use its rpm >> format (including SuSE). >> Being American they quickly noticed the importance of marketing and >> are now number one because of it (e.g. they were first with the >> "enterprise server" notion). >> >> As for software quality I think SuSE has the edge (e.g. Oracle 9 >> certified first on SuSE). But as with all linux some tweaking is >> always required. The thing that SuSE really has going for it is that >> as the largest Multinational/Multilingual distribution, they have >> tended to be more "worldy" in their outlook and it reflects in their >> product. >> >> They each have their strong points and their weak points and even the >> critics have no finality on this one. Pick your poison an enjoy. For >> me I have watched SuSE grow from below Mandrake and Slakware in Market >> share to Number 2 based on quality so I am happy (except for the fact >> that they have never done a SuSE ppc after 7.1). >> >> Kiggs >> >> On Thu, 2003-09-11 at 10:28, Fred Bbaale wrote: >> >> > People , is it only me who feels uncomfortable with RedHat being >> adopted by many as the De Facto Linux Distribution? >> > >> > Fred. >> > >> > >> > >> > --------------------------------------------- >> > This service is hosted on the Infocom network >> > http://www.infocom.co.ug >> >> -- >> **************** >> ***************************** Kiggundu Mukasa >> # Computer Network Consultancy### KYM-NET LTD. >> # Intranets & Internet Solutions# Plot 80 Kanjokya Street >> P.O. Box 173 Kampala, Uganda >> Tel: +256 77 972255 >> +256 71 221141 >> Fax: +256 31 262122 >> ************************************************************************* >> > > > > --------------------------------------------- > This service is hosted on the Infocom network > http://www.infocom.co.ug --------------------------------------------- This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
