On Sat, Oct 04, 2003 at 06:28:16PM -0300, Herculano de Lima Einloft Neto wrote:
> Given that most of Microsoft's profit comes from the desktop, I'm wondering:
> if Linux, as I see it, is on its way to becoming a complete, competitive
> desktop system, would this money simply cease to flow? Is there any model at
> sight for profitable Desktop distros? It looks like RedHat has given up on
> that..
What makes you think that Red Hat has given up on the desktop? There is
the current RHEL WS line although I will agree that for the home user,
this doesn't compete with Windows for pricing.
I believe that we will soon see Red Hat make a push back into the SOHO
market with a new boxed product that will be very competitive against
Windows (financially)... It would not surprise me to see a big push
into other markets with this product with large bulk discounts.
.../Ed
p.s. I think that most of Microsoft's profit comes from Office, not
Windows. I heard a few years that if Office broke off and was a company
by itself, it would have an annual revenue of $4B.
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