On Tue, 04 Nov 2003 19:56:56 +0100 -- Tim Kossack <tim_kossack@xxxxxx> wrote: > to partly answer my own question: > > 'Yesterday afternoon Miguel de Icaza, co-founder of Ximian and > current CTO, told me, "We are going to support Fedora, and we > are going to support Red Hat. Remember, we want our software to > be as widely used as possible." He added, "We are Linux > vendor-neutral. We are going to support every Linux > distribution because different markets have different needs. It > just makes sense to be vendor-agnostic and support every player > in town."... > As to the void left by Red Hat offering Red Hat Network support > only for Enterprise Linux customers, the Red Hat moves have > created a golden opportunity for Ximian to expand its customer > base. Ximian's Red Carpet provides the same type of services as > the Red Hat Network - high-speed lines for downloads and > automated updates for security and bug fixes - for a comparable > price. All Ximian needs to do to gain new customers from those > abandoned by RHN is to support Fedora, and they say that's what > they're going to do. > > http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/11/03/2136258&mode=thread&tid=151 Novell owns Ximian and just announced it is buying Suse. Looks like RedHat may have some real competition. -- John Wendel
