Re: Is Linux Unix?
on Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 11:57:34AM -0500, Cybe R. Wizard (cyber_wizard@mindspring.com) wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Jul 2004 09:57:27 -0400
> Peter O <po@dialore.com> wrote:
>
> > I believe that whatever additional costs of supporting more
> > distributions are, they are inconsequential to Intel. Their decision
> > to support only RedHat is purely marketing/business-driven, not
> > technology-driven. They see RedHat as a business partner that has HP,
> > IBM, Dell etc. as customers. Intel does not see Debian as such a
> > partner, for obvious reasons. It's in Intel's interests to steer more
> > people from community distributions to RedHat. That's business...
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Peter O
> > www.dialore.com
>
> BINGO! As someone said, "whenever the question begins with, 'why don't
> they...', the answer is always, 'money.'"
s/always/frequently/
I'd toss "power" or "control" in there as well. Intel likely feels it
has more sway over RH than it does over a community-oriented distro.
OTOH, HP's involvment appears guided by different logic.
Or it could just be institutional culture. Notoriously slow, hard, and
painful to change. HP again comes to mind.
Peace.
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