Re: Debian and Redhat - are most linux users missing the point?
On Sat, 27 Feb 1999, George Bonser wrote:
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> I am not sure how gaining market share improves Debian. I think you could
> say that Debian is better than Red Hat for servers. In other words, get
> the message over that Red Hat might be easier for the single-user desktop
> but Debian is the proper choice for the unattended server.
>
> Market share is only important to you if your goal is to make money.
> Otherwise, it is a pain in the hips. It just means more users to support
> without any additional resources available with which to support them. If
> you made money, you would have the resources to provide more support.
>
> Great success of something that is free can sometimes kill it. We would be
> better off to develop a commercial distro based on the free Debian model
> that would generate resources that could be fed back into the free
> project.
>
Sorry, bad choice of words. I hope that if debian gains "market share"
Red Hat may not be so dominant. If Slackware gained market share at
the expence of Red Hat, that would be equally good in my eyes. Not
that I have anything against Red Hat, but as I said in my original
post I am troubled by one distro becoming so dominant.
King Lee
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