I wouldn't worry too much about ubuntu... Because aside from canonical there are precious few other entities which sell enterprise support. Whilst with the red hat derivatives there are many companies which provide 24x7 support, not just red hat.
On 12/27/08, Ariz Jacinto <[email protected]> wrote: > I was looking at the search trend between Redhat and Ubuntu from the > Philippines[1] earlier today and I'm wondering if the free branded live > distribution CDs gives it mass appeal? I remember the time when (santa) > Jerome gave a lot of sleeved live CDs and everyone gladly took not one but 2 > or 3! (maybe for re-gifting). Heck, even Ubuntu is a popular search keyword > at Redmond, WA[2] ! ;-P > > is Ubuntu eating RH's lunch on the desktop? Nope, since the money is still > on the server market[3] but Ubuntu could make the desktop strategy work > although nobody said it will be easy[4]. > > Happy GNU Year guys! > > [1] > http://www.google.com/trends?q=ubuntu%2C+redhat&ctab=0&geo=PH&geor=all&date=all&sort=0 > [2] http://xkcd.com/522/ > [3] > http://www.press.redhat.com/2008/04/16/whats-going-on-with-red-hat-desktop-systems-an-update/ > [4] > http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/10/canonical-is-not-cash-flow-pos.html > > > > On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 11:32 PM, Harish Pillay > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> > In my blog post today, I describe how Ubuntu's new Network Manager >> autoconnects to the 3G mobile networks of Globe, Smart, and Sun: [...] >> > > >> Just a point of clarification: Network Manager is a project lead by >> Red Hat/Fedora and Suse developers. >> Of course it is open and is being used and included in other >> distributions - the way FOSS is to be spread. >> [....] >> -- >> Harish Pillay [email protected] gpg id: 746809E3 >> fingerprint: F7F5 5CCD 25B9 FC25 303E 3DA2 0F80 27DB 7468 09E3 >> > -- Sent from Gmail for mobile | mobile.google.com Orlando Andico +63.2.976.8659 | +63.920.903.0335 _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
