Re: RedHat = MS-Linux???
>When a company issues a new product touting Red Hat Linux support, rest
>assured that it is designed to sell more copies of Red Hat and may not
>install on any other distro cleanly.
It strikes me that the Red Hat strategy may be to get Linux software
released for their platform and not others. The RPM format facilitates
this. Eventually they would control GNU/Linux, because "if it doesn't run
on Red Hat, it's broken." OTOH, Red Hat does pay the salary for a number
of developers releasing software used by the entire LInux community. The
compelling advantage of GNU/Linux is the freedom: to use it, customize it,
and control your own computer. Red Hat control would remove that
advantage.
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Andrew Hagen
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