OT: I don't get this - Red Hat

[Net Llama!]

On Fri, 26 Sep 2003, Tim Wunder wrote:
> 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).
> >
> <snip>
>
> 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?

Taroon is basically the seed for Severn.  So all of Redhat's engineering
work is going into Taroon (server & wrkstn).  They they branched Taroon,
and named it Severn, and let the 'community' play with it.  So you're
going to see overall less stability, alot more packages, much more
bleeding edge.

So, it depends on whether you want alot more package variety with some
potential instability, or a smaller package set, with (theoretical) rock
solid stability.

I personally think  that Redhat is doing a smart thing.  They've finally
split their offerings so that one focuses on the enterprise where the
real revenue comes from, and the other focuses on the random home user
where all the word of mouth comes from.



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