Re: Fundamental issues with open source software

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Author: Chris Gehlker
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To: plug-discuss
Subject: Re: Fundamental issues with open source software

On Apr 15, 2004, at 10:51 AM, Craig White wrote:

> On Thu, 2004-04-15 at 10:34, Chris Gehlker wrote:
>> On Apr 15, 2004, at 10:02 AM, Craig White wrote:
>>
>>> actually the discussion was about FOSS and end usability - If you
>>> want
>>> to only discuss the 'Mom and Pop' businesses, I suppose that it is
>>> your
>>> bent.
>>
>> It was about the difficulties in supporting small users. That isn't
>> exactly the same discussion as end usability.
> ---
> Then I am truly stupid because I re-read the article and I would swear
> that it is exactly about end usability.


Well this time the stupidity was all mine because I became confused as
to what thread I was posting in.

> ---
>>>
>>> Whether Red Hat has priced themselves out of that market is debatable
>>> since they offer two products Fedora and RH-WS
>>
>> But Fedora doesn't seem to have inherited Red Hat's mantle as what
>> folks can be assumed to mean when they say 'Linux' without
>> qualification.
>>>
>>> HP (compaq) has beaten everyone to the punch by offering Desktop
>>> systems
>>> with Mandrake pre-installed.
>>
>> Kind of supports my point.
> ----
> I haven't gotten what your point is this morning except to be
> condescending.


It would have been a truly devastating point if I had just made it in
the right thread.

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