Ummm... at the first glance this looks like A-Very-Bad-Move (TM)... a Grade-A FUD material in MSFT FUDmeisters' hands.
Howver, I guess its a bit premature to really take this too seriously. Everyone knows that Linux distribution companies (e.g RHAT etc) don't make money (they actually lose it) on CD boxes. The main revenue stream is from paid support contracts, training and specialised consultancy services. Then why should RHAT want to hit where it would hurt is the most??? Sankarshan, do we had any inputs on what is RHAT policy for their current "supported" users on "old" versions of RHAT Linux in terms of migration to newer/latest versions? Is there a chances of more monies changing hands, especially at revised rates???? Far too many people has fallen flat on their faces trying to crystal ball future IT scenario... however, seems to me that a major shakeout is in the coming among the various commercial Linux distributions. And I won't be so surprised if that "challenge" (?) comes from IBM. --indra. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Linux Users Group - Kolkata" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 11:24 PM Subject: [ilug-cal] Fw: [ilugd]: red hat > dead ant <snipped> > more officially, red hat has quietly announced end-of-life in terms of > support for red hat versions 12 months old. -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
