Again, I mean "end user aspirations." RH has conceded the home user market, period. If they truly had such aspirations, they wouldn't have said it, period. Otherwise, they've just done the equivalent of showing blood to the sharks. I'm not upset because the truth hurts. I'll concede they have a point. For this to come from a Linux company is rediculous and frankly disappointing. I've always been a RH fan. I run RH exclusively, so I can speak from the standpoint of a RH user. I don't, however, truly believe it was just poor judgment. I think it was a strategic move of some sort. I think it shows RH moving from a company that supports Linux to a company that supports Red Hat Enterprise Linux (and I don't mean that superficially). Basically, they've willfully isolated themselves in this move. Maybe it's a call to the community to make the strides and "win" them back. Or maybe it's a way of keep heat off of them from M$ and industry pundits who support the WinTel world. Either way, it was sign of something. You may very well think they did what they had to, and to a certain extent I'd agree. But I feel there is something more deliberate here. <<JAV>> ---------- Original Message ----------- From: Ed Wilts <ewilts@xxxxxxxxxx> To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 18:18:37 -0600 Subject: Re: "Red Hat recommends Windows for consumers" > On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 05:33:31PM -0400, Joe Polk wrote: > > This was an idiotic thing to say. RH doesn't have any desktop aspirations, so > > Actually, they do. They already have RHEL WS and Pro Workstation, and > I know that there are other "aspirations" that they haven't > completely shared with the rest of us. > > > I'm not debating whether what they said was true, but rather whether it was > > the right thing to say. > > I think we all agree we didn't like the statement. Some didn't like > because of the ammunition it gives Microsoft. Others didn't like > because the truth hurts. Still others didn't like because it didn't > lay out the "aspirations" at the same time. Some people figured > that because Linux works in some applications, it's suitable for everybody > else. I won't get into the argument as to whether or not Linux is ready > for the masses on the desktop because it's too easy for me to win > this one :-) > > -- > Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA > mailto:ewilts@xxxxxxxxxx > Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list ------- End of Original Message ------- -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
