Gentoo for Business?

Kristian Erik Hermansen kristian.hermansen at gmail.com
Wed Jan 30 14:30:58 MST 2008


On Jan 30, 2008 1:21 PM, Joshua Zeidner <jjzeidner at gmail.com> wrote:
>   I'm sure Gentoo is loads of fun if you're a hobbiest of some kind,
> but I doubt it will gain any serious traction in the corporate realm.
> So if your goal is marketable skills, Gentoo is clearly not the the
> way to go.  Configurability can sometimes be a minus, as it adds to
> the number of variables that need to be managed = cost++ = ROI--.  If
> anyone knows of any specialty niches for Gentoo in the corporate
> arena, I'd be interested to know.

Perhaps a specialized back-end service where fast/custom binaries are
needed, such as in media transcoding...
-- 
Kristian Erik Hermansen
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