dep, FHS, Slackware

[Shawn L Johnston]

On Sunday 30 June 2002 06:39 pm, you wrote:
> When a commercial client talks to me about Linux. They mean Red Hat and I
> don't attempt to persuade them any different. I wouldn't even bring up
> Slack, Gentoo or now even Caldera or SuSE.
>
> But the real enemy is none of those and you know who I mean. Red Hat may
> not be perfect but it beats the alternative. We may be reluctant to cheer
> for Red Hat. But at least they're actually *in* the game. Far more than can
> be said for any of the others. ?Especially now that UnitedNoDesktopsLinux
> is destined to remembered only by the size of their smoking hole in the
> ground.

I think its a little early to sell the tickets for the UnitedLinux funeral, 
it should at least be intersting to watch esp. if/when Sun gets in with a 
linux distro of their own. I had hoped that SGI might consider creating a 
linux distro but they've never seemed to show an interest in doing so. I can 
see why you might choose not to bring up alternatives to Red Hat at this 
point though.

Either way it would be a bad thing to have a single linux distro as the only 
one used in commercial settings. Too little competition breeds poor quality 
for the customer, i.e. Microsoft.

Besides, if Red Hat was really interested in buisness it wouldn't take them 3 
months to return a sales call. I know it was just bad luck, but it still left 
a bad taste in my mouth. ;)

Cheers,

Shawn