Re: [school-discuss] The end of Red Hat support

[Bob Sewell <bob@bobsewell.com>]

> > I have to wonder _if_ Mr. Szulik was (or wasn't) paid to go public 
> > with that viewpoint.  I'm finding it difficult to believe that hints 
> > of this viewpoint didn't surface prior to today.
>
> Bob,
>
> They have surfaced prior to today. I interviewed Leigh Day back in 
> August. I reported the interview for desktoplinux.com in this article:
>
> http://www.desktoplinux.com/articles/AT8086595350.html
>
> At the time, Red Hat planned to come out with the killer desktop. But, 
> most people in the industry regard Red Hat as contentious and very 
> difficult when it comes to doing business with them. So, the one 
> company that really does business with them is Dell. Everyone else has 
> written them off.
>
> Now, consider Dell. They will not sell Linux on the desktop while HP 
> will and does.  So, since Dell doesn't want a Linux desktop (at least 
> they told me that) why wouldn't Red Hat change its approach and 
> benefit its main suitor.
>
> As Novell's VP said, Red Hat was an acquistion candidate - so they are 
> for sale.
>
> What better way to get them out of the way than to have Dell buy them?
>
> Do you think Dell can afford it?
>
> While these thoughts are primarily my opinion, one might want to 
> consider them in the days to come.
Tom,

Thanks for dispelling the conspiracy theory.  Business 101 - Every 
business is an acquisition candidate.   :-)

From a standpoint of a school... does anyone have recommendations for 
another distro to consider?  I'm considering SUSE because the pro 
version comes with 8 CDs, containing all of the software to have ever 
been tested with it.  Also YAST seems to be an ideal way to manage 
programs within.  Hey, has anyone else noticed the Novell component that 
is also within the YAST menu?  Hmmm....  inclusion is everything.

Distro recommendations welcomed.  Thanks.  :-)

Bob