> IBM developers are working on the latest Linux kernel levels as can be > seen from 2.6.23, therefore surely IBM already has a financially vested > interest in the testing of this code by as wide a range of users as > possible. As both Fedora and Opensuse are openly stated as being a > testbase for future Enterprise code in RHEL and SLES, then IBM can only > Remember that a non-enterprise user/customer can still be a very useful > (free) tester for future Enterprise code destined for Enterprise > customers. The goal of an Enterprise level distribution is stability and > reliability (and as IBM once said about z/OS stayupability!), and that > surely comes mainly through thorough testing. > benefit from supporting them, directly or indirectly ;-)
This argument assumes a rational actor. Western-style capitalism is rarely populated by rational actors. Berkelyites and utilitarians, yes. Rational actors, no. Or maybe I'm just having a rotten day. Harrumph. -- db ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
