On 5/14/06, David-Paul Niner <dpniner@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Saturday 13 May 2006 11:58 pm, Rickey Moore wrote: > On Sat, 2006-05-13 at 08:42 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > > red hat, suse, fedora, debian > > When they offloaded the $49 individual user they really lost some volume > in the Enterprise. Let's face it, if you're a linux geek at home, you'll > use what you use at work. Same as in the MicroSoft world. It's marketing > and human nature, plain and simple. Ric I have to concur with that. Everyone understands that RedHat is a corporate entity trying to earn a profit, for which they shouldn't be attacked. But several years ago (1999) when I decided I would try to convince my manager to allow me to install Linux at work, I was able to do so because I had become comfortable enough with it at home to confidently move forward. Turns out there were a few small lumps initially, but because I'd all ready become comfortable with traversing the web in search of information I was quickly able to resolve the problems. I can't see any downside to Red Hat offering a sub-$100/annual version of their EL system for home use. Ditch the support options if necessary and just provide updates from RHN. It seems like a lost revenue stream to me. Is there something very basic I'm overlooking? DP
How would this be better than Fedora? -- To be updated...
