Re: [Plug] Question of the Day:Redhat IPO

["Jason S." <jason@survivalnet.com>]

Sorry. That wasnt supposed to come off hostile. I'm not good at 
expressing myself sometimes. Redhat's success is built on being 
open and supportive of linux. For them to change, would pretty
much be the end of redhat. The thing is, even if they wanted to,
and I'm pretty sure they dont, they cant close the door now. If
they tried, someone else would come along and pick up where they
left off.

Mandrake is a good example. Its pretty much RH with a few extras. I've
not heard so much as a grumble out of RH about it. No, I think RH,
Suse, and the other distro's will have a good amount of success. 

Then again, what do I know? As for the IPO, I think its a good thing.
And I think its a good investment. 

J.

When I grow up, I wanna be more like me.
I had a clue. I didn't like it. I took it back and exchanged it for an
attitude.  

On Tue, 3 Aug 1999, Nick R wrote:

> Whoah, before the flow of flames come in, I didn't say that they had sold 
> out. I'm very happy w/ what they've done for the community. I said that they 
> have potential if they can continue to resist the temptation to sell out.
> 
> 
> >From: "Jason S." <jason@survivalnet.com>
> >Reply-To: plug@lists.nothinbut.net
> >To: plug@lists.nothinbut.net
> >Subject: Re: [Plug] Question of the Day:Redhat IPO
> >Date: Tue, 3 Aug 1999 10:38:39 -0400 (EDT)
> >
> >
> >On Tue, 3 Aug 1999, Nick R wrote:
> > > trying to make money quick & selling. I'm keeping it for the long haul
> > > personally. They could seriously go places if they can balance the 
> >desire to
> > > sell out against the desire to give back to the community and support 
> >Open
> > > Source.
> >
> >How exactly has redhat sold out? By trying to be competitive. Sorry.
> >Thats how capitalism works. Did they create some neat piece of software
> >and not release to code? Did they come up with some nice way of
> >installing linux that would make it more accessible then refuse to allow
> >others to make use of it? Red Hat has done some good, actually a fair
> >amount of it. They actually PAY people to develop OSS that other distros
> >make use of. This is a good thing. If you disagree with choices vendors
> >have made as to which distribution they support.... well, thats not
> >redhats fault. Thier desire is to remain competitive and succeed. Its
> >not any different than any other businesses.
> >
> >For better or worse they need to be able to compete with other companys
> >in the ugly world of economics. So far I havent seen this affect their
> >commitment to the OSS philosophy that's let the succeed.
> >
> >
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