I agree his answers are interesting, however he is not only obligated to be but obviously is predisposed to favor one flavor.
He didn't really answer the question: "Without an official Red Hat "civilian" distribution do you feel that you will have the ability to sway hardware manufacturers to support gnu/linux?" He just points out that Fedora will develop into a (civilian) solution for many. Knowing several die-hard redhat users(read: solution providers) I have seen a tendency twards fedora adoption in both enterprise and civilian usage. I think the google cluster is a customized version of redhat, I suspect they work closely with the fedora project as well. On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 10:26:32 -0600, Andrew Baudouin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Some of you may have read this already, and if so please keep your > flamethrower in the closet. > > Some of these questions have been debated recently on BRLUG, and I > think Szulik gives some interesting questions and answers to GPL'd > hardware support, licensing, current "state of Linux desktop", free > and open source issues, etc... > > On GPL'd hardware support... > > >7) Diverse Hardware Support - by capt.Hij > > > One of the biggest issues for putting gnu/linux on the desktop is more > > support for >hardware. I understand why Red Hat is supporting Fedora and > > focusing more on industrial >clients, but I am concerned about the long > > term implications. What will Red Hat be doing >to increase hardware > > compatibility and support? Without an official Red Hat "civilian" > > >distribution do you feel that you will have the ability to sway hardware > > manufacturers to >support gnu/linux? > > >Szulik: > > >3 important activites will have to take place before we see a > significant increase in GPL'd >hardware driver support. A large > marketplace develops, customer demand and a viable >supplier exists to > deliver and service the integration. I'd say we are at the early > stages >worldwide to respond to these requirements. Increasingly we > are receiving more support >as compared to 24 months ago. I believe > the civilian version will be filled by Fedora which >will develop into > a solution for many. > > On current state of desktop Linux .... Interesting comments and I > happen to agree! > > >3) What's next? - by Mr. Sketch > > >For the average person, RedHat _is_ Linux. Who do you believe will > replace you as being >the defacto Linux distribution for the average > person? > > >Szulik: > > >The definition of average should be clear. For the 'average' reader > of Slashdot, the Fedora >Project is the ideal Linux distribution. For > the average knowledge worker in an office >setting, we believe Red Hat > Enterprise Linux v.3 WS is appropriate. For the average >person that > needs to be able to plug in their digital camera without going into > the terminal >window, we think that the user's experience with any > brand of Linux will be sub-par. We >hope that consumer-focused > technologies will thrive and mature in the Fedora Project >setting. > When the code is production quality, Red Hat will make them available > as part of >a supported distribution. > > On licensing: > > >10b) Academics... - by PseudononymousCoward > > >Mr. Szulik, > > >As a professor at a Big-10 University, I now find myself in the > curious situation that >RedHat, for either server or workstation > usage, is more expensive than Windows, owing to >the terms that MS > offers academia and the new licensing of RH products. Most > >Universities can _purchase_ Win2k3 Server for the price of one year > of RHEL WS support. > > >Does academia constitute one more market segment that RH is no longer > contesting? > > >Szulik: We have rolled out an education plan which was priced between > $25 and $50 for client >and server quantity one for an annual > subscription. I believe the pricing and service >relationship will > begin to address a void filled by the Red Hat Linux transition at an > >affordable price. > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >
