> We are aware that there can be significant resistance inside
> organisations to using Linux (usually based on misconceptions about
> Linux compared to other operating systems).
>
> As a result we would like to offer assistance to people working on
> projects that would involve deploying Red Hat Linux as the base
> operating system for a commercial, business or government solution.
>
> Please feel free to contact me on this - and don't forget that Red Hat
> is already offering full vendor backed commercial support for Red Jat
> Linux!
Interestingly enough, this is something that has been very much on my mind
lately.
Speaking to several people who are aware of Linux, but don't realize its
current capability and its future potential are concerned about support as
well as applications, and responsibility.
And its not just support. Rhetorically, why don't I see you in the news? Why
haven't you been on Computer Chronicals? Why aren't you speaking at this
year's Trenton Computer Fest? Why hasn't my management told me they received
a free copy of your software at this years conferences? [I realize there are
reviews in Byte, etc, but my management doesn't read that magazine, etc]
I think its going to take some pretty innovative marketing to convince my
management we should go with Linux instead of the hundreds of Sun boxes we
have.
It must be more than support. Sun's support really blows chunks, and we have
the 'Platinum' support crap too. For example, we were having a problem with
their DHCP server supporting 20,000 simultaenous requests on one box, and they
threw up their hands and said it would require a complete redesign of their
dhcp server, and they weren't going to do that. We, regretfully, went to MS
server, and it hasn't had a problem yet.
Is the reason I haven't seen any RH job offers for marketing people because
this isn't the typical forum to find such a qualified person?
And when my management heard the price for RH was practically free, and they
could save thousands for equivalent functionality, they said they could care
less. And that its more efficient -- their response was they would add another
256M to the box, and it would be fine. Money wasn't in the least an issue.
How about getting one of those 'Independant Companies' to do a performance
review? And suitability to task?
Has RH given any thought to marketing a `Server Version' and `Workstation
Version'? Not distributed seperately, but perhaps as an install option. I
realize you can already get this with the current distribution, but then you
could market the server and workstation versions seperately, and promote the
features/robustness of each on its own merits, instead of the typical 'Its
easy to install'.
There are other reasons for this mentality, too. A server version would avoid
some of the unnecessary packages, and concentrate on being absolutely secure,
and optimized for the service it would be offering. Ok, I'm not explaining
myself exactly as I want to right now, but think about it from a marketing
perspective.
Hope I'm not rambling...
Respectfully,
Dave
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