Gentoo for Business?

[Joshua Zeidner]

On 1/30/08, Kristian Erik Hermansen <kristian.hermansen at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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...

  I would guess it would be in this area if at all...

  -jmz