Le 23/04/2016 03:16, Simon Walter a écrit :
On 04/23/2016 01:58 AM, Steve Litt wrote:
On Fri, 22 Apr 2016 18:18:56 +0200
Didier Kryn <k...@in2p3.fr> wrote:
Interesting discussion on Microsoft involvement with Linux:
http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/Online/Blogs/Off-the-Beat-Bruce-Byfield-s-Blog/Hating-Microsoft
I cite a sentence:
"More recently, a minority have muttered that Systemd is an attempt
by Red Hat to monopolize the Linux operating system."
I wonder who's that minority...
This might be a good time to remember the 2006 Redhat Smoking Gun
Interview:
http://asay.blogspot.ru/2006/10/interview-with-red-hat-cto-brian.html
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Red Hat's model works because of the complexity of the technology we
work with. An operating platform has a lot of moving parts, and
customers are willing to pay to be insulated from that complexity.
I don't think you can take one finite element - like Apache - and make
a business out of it [using our model]. You need product complexity.
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Signed, sealed, delivered, they're busted. We aren't "muttering" that
it's a monopolization technique, that's a fact for anyone willing to do
a little research.
Very nice interview. I especially like the lie at the end:
"We create the best platform on which applications can run and compete
with each other. That's our business."
This is the problem with this interview. The part underlined by
Steve fits perfectly with the story of systemd, but it is slightly
weakened because the whole interview is essentially spam: sugar for
customers and engineers, autosatisfaction and self promotion by the CTO,
and... lies, as you point.
Didier
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