22 Aug
2005
22 Aug
'05
6:23 a.m.
On Mon, 2005-08-22 at 11:46 +0900, Dave Gutteridge wrote:
What I found as a newbie was that the effort of trying to get it to install far outweighed the effort of considering other Linux distributions.
I wanted to point out the fact that one needs to remember that installation makes up 0% of using Linux.
Perhaps I misunderstood something along the way. What I thought was the case was that while Linux is free, some distributions aren't.
There are a few distros out there that are still trying to cater to the pricing of volume, commercial distros. They are largely failing.
Red Hat was smart, they got out of it period. It's likely never to be profitable, even if Linux had a 50% share.
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Bryan J. Smith b.j.smith@ieee.org http://thebs413.blogspot.com
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