Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 25th Mar 2009 18:53 UTC, submitted by snydeq
Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst questioned the relevance of Linux on the desktop, citing several financial and interoperability hurdles to business adoption at a panel on end-users and Linux last night at the OSBC.
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Member since:2005-07-06
Ubuntu has accomplished what Red Hat could not.
What would that be exactly?
If you take several steps back from your own world then you'll see that Ubuntu has advanced desktop Linux no further forward than an asthmatic ant with some very heavy shopping - despite the hype.
Member since:2006-06-26
Nope - totally wrong. Ubuntu has achieved a lot. They have appeared virtually out of nowhere, and they have taken the Linux desktop in a storm. They have managed to very quickly build a very user friendly Linux distribution - something Debian should have done years ago. And no, Mandriva hasn't achieved that, nor have SUSE or Red Hat. And they've managed to convince even hardcore Windows user to take a closer look at their achievement. Nowadays total beginners pop in a Ubuntu CD and install their distribution in a hitch. As THAT isn't a huge, huge achievement.
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2007-03-07
Red Hat is just sour grapes cause they gave up on Linux on the desktop (officially years ago), and Ubuntu has accomplished what Red Hat could not.
Edited 2009-03-26 20:05 UTC