OT: I don't get this - Red Hat

[Tim Wunder]

On 9/26/2003 11:18 AM, someone claiming to be Net Llama! wrote:

> On Fri, 26 Sep 2003, Michael Hipp wrote:
> 
>>http://www.ciol.com/content/news/2003/103092412.asp
>>
>>"BANGALORE: RedHat, the global provider of Linux, will be bringing out
>>desktop versions of the OS, based on its Enterprise Linux kernel version
>>2.4.21 by October this year."
>>
>>I thought they were getting out of this and going to something called a
>>"community version". Is this going to be another SuSE-esque enterprise
>>desktop that no-one in their right mind would pay $699 for?
> 
> 
> yes.  This is the desktop counterpart to their RHAS product (codenamed
> Taroon).  It is in *addition* to their community based offering (codenamed Severn).
> 
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Ohhhh, so THAT's what that taroon folder was on the ftp mirror I got 
severn off of. Do you know off hand what the real differences are 
between severn and taroon? If I were to play with a beta version, would 
you recommend one over the other?

Thanks,
Tim