On 28 Jan 1999, Bud Rogers wrote:
> Taken altogether, that amounts to a lot of momentum moving toward Redhat,
> possibly at the expense of all the other distros. Is that a good thing or
> a bad thing? If it's a bad thing, what can/should be done about it?
I think it's a good thing. I think it still = Linux exposure. I suppose
once people get used to using Linux, some of them will try other distros (
though generally, it makes it easier to 'pick' RedHat.) I also think, that
despite it all, can someone say a reason why RedHat should _not_ be used?
I mean if the co's are going to put ONE dist on their machines, is their
some major reason why it shouldn't be RedHat? One positive thing, is
RedHat, _has_ been with glibc longer and by most reports I've read 5.2 is
a really good release ( even know S.u.S.E. users who say it's better than
S.u.S.E. 6.0 ). In any case, despite all the chagrin to the contrary
there's nothing any can do about it. If we were just to 'complain' ,
inquire, the voices of the S.u.S.E. users, can't shout down the RedHat
users, which to everything I've seen seem to be the largest quantity in
N.A. I say, relax and enjoy the attention Linux is getting and don't worry
about the threat to the distributions. S.u.S.E. isn't going anywhere. I
wish RedHat the best of luck with this turn of events, and try to look at
the sunny side--it does have broad gains for Linux in general even if
some dists will be hurt to an extent by the user percentage gain that
RedHat will obviously see when these machines really start hitting the
market.
-M
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