On Wed, 2002-05-29 at 12:50, Ian Drake, IT, CIR, SE Dunbartonshire wrote: > for those of you who don't read /. on a regular basis, I thought it might be > useful to note the following story > (http://slashdot.org/articles/02/05/29/1158216.shtml?tid=163) > > eWeek is reporting that a number of Linux vendors will announce on Thursday > (http://www.eweek.com/article/0,3658,s=701&a=27405,00.asp) that they have > agreed to standardize on a single Linux distribution to try and take on Red > Hat's dominance in the industry. " > The vendors in question are SuSe , Caldera, Conectiva, and Turbolinux. > However, as the article also points out - Red Hat has a very well > established lead in the corporate market - and Sun's decision to create Yet > Another Linux Distribution > This could have some baring on the "which distro" topic that has often rears > its head on the mailing list. > > HTH, > > Ian >
Are standards really the problem? I though that's what the LSB was for. Or, is it more about creating another high-profile brand name? If they want to take on Redhat, won't they really need to address the issue of support? -- Until we meet again and the case is sol-ved -------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.lug.org.uk http://www.linuxportal.co.uk http://www.linuxjob.co.uk http://www.linuxshop.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------
