On 28 Jan, George Toft wrote:
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> Kaare Rasmussen wrote:
>>
>> I'm worried about the latest announcements from the big guys HP and (not
>> yet public) IBM that they will support RedHat Linux.
>>
>> This means that Linux = RedHat for the most people, and where will that
>> put SuSE? Alone in the dark?
>
> I think SuSE is like Beta VCR's, OS/2, Word Perfect, and
> the Amiga computer - a technically superior product being
> squashed by someone else's superior marketing. That's
> how it's done in the US. Red Hat is smoozing with the
> money and the press, and that's what makes the US
> economy tick.
>
> George
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Good commentary George!! OS/2 has always been inherently superior to
NT or 95/98. Its multitasking abilities drive huge markets that are
invisible to us end users for the most part. Its unfortunate that some
of these companies like the one I worked for have moved toward NT.
Many of the IT types have remarked that OS/2 was easier to support,
more stable, easier to rebuild.
I do think though that RedHat offers a new person a certain attraction
which is manifested by their ads. They also target ads toward IT
managers and other decision makers in the MIS/IT/developer chain. I
think RedHat provided the ability for people like me to learn linux
with its rpm packaged software. When I first started with linux, I was
able to grab these packages and get things working.
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Michael E. Perry
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