Re: Fundamental issues with open source software

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Author: Ted Gould
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To: plug-discuss
Subject: Re: Fundamental issues with open source software
On Thu, 2004-04-15 at 06:04, Chris Gehlker wrote:
> When Red Hat was on the desktop in a big way, vendors could simply say
> "We support this program on a default Red Hat installation, period."
> They can't really do that any more.


Well, I would actually say that the opposite has happened. Now, Redhat
doesn't have to maintain a platform with the 'latest and greatest' to
keep the hackers happy. That is Fedora's job. Now the Enterprise stuff
can be very stable, and people can say: I support what is in Redhat ES.
They've also announced the 'Corporate Desktop' version of Redhat. I
think software vendors are happier with the current Redhat situation.

        --Ted