-----Original Message----- From: Tony S. Sykes Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 3:34 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: First 2.6 Beta
Steven, Thanks for your views, and your prompt responses. Thanks, Tony. -----Original Message----- From: Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 3:29 PM To: Tony S. Sykes Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: First 2.6 Beta On 17 Feb 2004 at 15:13, Tony S. Sykes wrote: > Steven, > > Is not the fedora core for people and not business (and not really Red > Hat at all)? In practice, Fedora is the beta for RHES, and that's how both Red Hat and my audience seee it. If this is the case, then Mandrake does do a Corporate > Server and does include server software for business in it's normal > releases. Admittedly MDK Corporate Server is not in 2.6 beta, then on > the other hand neither is Red Hat's corporate offering's. Mandrake has none of the corporate support though needed to make it a significant business player. To be a serious player in the area my readers care about, 24x7 support, long term technical support contracts and the like are even more important than the the technology. Any Linux distribution can be turned into a business distribution, but to be taken seriously by business requires far more than just technology. All Linux > press is good, but sometimes not so big Distributions miss out. Please > peruse the MDK web site and you will see it is aimed for people and > business. > Now, Mandrake does appear to be heading in that direction, but when I last talked to them their focus was 90% on the personal Linux market. That's fine, that's great, but that's not the kind of Linux company my readers care about. I am keeping an eye on Mandrake and if they take the business side a step or two more seriously, I'll be writing a story about them with a title like: Mandrake Moves into Business Linux Market or some such. Steven Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: http://www.practical-tech.com eWeek.com Linux Center Editor http://linux.eweek.com Internet Press Guild Chairman http://www.netpress.org QOTD: "The greatest university of all is a collection of books." --Thomas Carlyle
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
