I think this is well said. I have my own preferences, but I've attempted
to stay away from the mine vs yours mentality. I think that would be an
error and would cause more harm than good for Linux in general. Let us
not forget that where the rpm came from. This alone, I'm sure, has
helped SuSE to be an excellent product.
This should not be RH vs SuSE, in the end it must be Linux. I've used,
and still use Debian, SuSE and RedHat. Frankly, I found RedHat more
difficult to install than the first two, but in the end my personal
choice was based on the configuration "out of the box." I must think
that should too much infighting occur Linux will just be looked at as
"still just a hacker os." The Linux community, its integrity and
attitude will make Linux a standard or not a standard.
In my opinion the world economy is not that great and profits are
getting thinner. So how do you increase your profit? When seconds,or
hours, are counted over 365 days Linux can be a standout. Bean counters,
in the end, care about nothing else. And any OS that can't measure up
had better look over its shoulder. There are more users looking for good
alternatives.
Regards,
Bob
Michael Johnson wrote:
>
> On 28 Jan 1999, Bud Rogers wrote:
> > Taken altogether, that amounts to a lot of momentum moving toward Redhat,
> > possibly at the expense of all the other distros. Is that a good thing or
> > a bad thing? If it's a bad thing, what can/should be done about it?
>
> I think it's a good thing. I think it still = Linux exposure. I suppose
> once people get used to using Linux, some of them will try other distros (
> though generally, it makes it easier to 'pick' RedHat.) I also think, that
> despite it all, can someone say a reason why RedHat should _not_ be used?
> I mean if the co's are going to put ONE dist on their machines, is their
> some major reason why it shouldn't be RedHat? One positive thing, is
> RedHat, _has_ been with glibc longer and by most reports I've read 5.2 is
> a really good release ( even know S.u.S.E. users who say it's better than
> S.u.S.E. 6.0 ). In any case, despite all the chagrin to the contrary
> there's nothing any can do about it. If we were just to 'complain' ,
> inquire, the voices of the S.u.S.E. users, can't shout down the RedHat
> users, which to everything I've seen seem to be the largest quantity in
> N.A. I say, relax and enjoy the attention Linux is getting and don't worry
> about the threat to the distributions. S.u.S.E. isn't going anywhere. I
> wish RedHat the best of luck with this turn of events, and try to look at
> the sunny side--it does have broad gains for Linux in general even if
> some dists will be hurt to an extent by the user percentage gain that
> RedHat will obviously see when these machines really start hitting the
> market.
> -M
>
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