On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 16:58:42 -0500 Mike McCarty <mike.mccarty at sbcglobal.net> wrote: > I'd prefer that Linux flourish and not die just because > MS is willing to do more of what is necessary to make life easier on > customers than some other organization which supports Linux is > willing to do. Its apples and oranges. MS can afford to do whatever their customers want since Windows, Office, and all their other software is *theirs* (or licensed for their use). Given enough financial incentive (a big enough customer base requesting feature x) MS can do whatever they want with their code to sell feature x to more customers. Red Hat doesn't *own* Linux. While they can aid in development, and help point it in a certain direction, there are numerous things about Linux they have no control over and never will. >So... >certainly RH is operating at a disadvantage with respect to MS. .... >But RH was accepting money and being paid to do something about >it. So long as they provide good service for a certain (high) % of their customers, they will do fine. A certain % will walk away unsatisfied. I think Red Hat does great given their challenges.