[NCLUG] a rather different view of the rh thing (a bit about sooze also)

[Dennis Clark]

Bill,

   Hmm, kind of a bummer for some of us.  Where should we now go to
get a turnkey desktop Linux solution?  Or is there such a beast?  I
have lots of electronics/robotics apps that only run on Windows and
I'd like to help port them to Linux, but if there is no turnkey
(read, easy to install) desktop, then these projects are dead in the
water.

Future Linux desktop person,
DLC

bill ehlert wrote:
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> Red Hat's exit from the desktop is disheartening
> to some Linux partisans but makes perfect sense
> for the company. In the end, Red Hat has to put
> its shareholders' interests above the idealistic
> dream of displacing Windows on the desktops of
> non-corporate users. This speaks well of Red
> Hat's management; it's focusing on the bottom
> line and allocating scarce resources to areas
> that will bring the highest possible return for
> the company.
> 
> No doubt the Linux purists will be on the march,
> decrying Red Hat's decision as either "blasphemy"
> or a "betrayal" of the open source movement.
> Nothing could be further from the truth. The
> Linux world needs a strong Red Hat and should
> support Red Hat's moves toward increasing
> profitability and financial strength. There are
> plenty of other distros that can cover the
> desktop for home users, there really isn't much
> of a need for Red Hat to be in that space.
> 
> The bottom line here is that we'll all be better
> off if Red Hat succeeds over the long haul. And
> it, like any other business, must do whatever it
> takes to achieve and grow. Hats off to Red Hat's
> management, they're getting it done.
> 
> I have to confess that I sort of tuned out Novell
> a while back as bound for the same fate as some
> of Microsoft's other foes—the graveyard. With the
> purchase of SuSE (and Ximian before it), however,
> it seems as though Novell is remaking itself in
> the image of Linux services.
> 
> http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1372650,00.asp
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