On Sun, Feb 18, 2001 at 04:53:33PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered:
> they COULD - but that would be breaking the developmnet line and just
> cause problems because people now have 2 different competing versions
> of software and dont know which one to use etc. etc. etc.
Okay so these stupid customers don't care what they're running. So
where's the problem? I really don't see anything that would hold back
Linux in the commercial realm. Most new features are "nice" things,
not mission critical.
IMHO the only customers who can demand, and get, definite release
dates from software companies are the REALLY big computing customers.
I'm not talking Fortune 500 companies worried about their desktops but
people like Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley with massive amounts of
money invested in their hardware and big relationships with their
suppliers. These are the only people for whom this would ever be a
problem as they need to squeeze out the last ounce of performance.
They're also intelligent enought to understand the dynamics of the
development process themselves. If they chose to go with Linux, it
wouldn't be a poorly thought out decision.
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