Re: [school-discuss] The end of Red Hat support / Szulik says buyWindows

[Tom Adelstein <adelste@netscape.net>]

Chris Schwan wrote:
> And in related news, Redhat has this to say about Windows:
>
>
> Matthew Szulik, chief executive of Linux vendor Red Hat, said on Monday 
> that although Linux is capable of exceeding expectations for corporate 
> users, home users should stick with Windows: "I would say that for the 
> consumer market place, Windows probably continues to be the right 
> product line," he said. "I would argue that from the device-driver 
> standpoint and perhaps some of the other traditional functionality, for 
> that classic consumer purchaser, it is my view that (Linux) technology 
> needs to mature a little bit more."
>
>
> I've had about enough bad news about Linux today :(
It looks like the CEO of RedHat did say it. One would think some 
shareholders will ask for his business plan. Also, it sounds like a 
justification rather than good business or marketing intelligence work. 
This is the CEO of a public company and his main competitor just 
announced their sell to Novell for 1/4 billion dollars. The competitor 
sells a professional desktop as does Novell. IBM said they would buy 
Novell preferred shares. Who has the better track record here?

Here's a url discussing Matthew's statement:


http://www.silicon.com/software/os/0,39024651,39116741,00.htm