Comments on: On Choosing Linux http://ramikayyali.com/archives/2004/08/29/choosing_linux Unfocused, Opinionated. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:42:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: Tom http://ramikayyali.com/archives/2004/08/29/choosing_linux#comment-32 Tom Tue, 14 Sep 2004 20:52:40 +0000 http://ramikayyali.com/archives/2004/08/29/choosing_linux#comment-32 <p>One thing I don't understand in your post:</p> <p>"Companies choose Red Hat Linux ... mostly because Red Hat is an entity they can sue!"</p> <p>"Larger companies ... don't care if it's a huge multi-million dollar company, or a bunch of 16-year-old hackers and IRC junkies, just as long as things work and keep working."</p> <p>But anyway, I agree that while there are still free alternatives for home users who want to try Linux, having the distributions begin to profit from their work is a good thing --- as long as the money goes back into development for both versions, that is!</p> <p>I personally never liked RedHat very much, but I do admit that it is a very good operating system. I am disappointed, however, that they pulled the free version entirely. I guess now I have to start recommending Mandrake to friends who want to try Linux.</p> One thing I don’t understand in your post:

“Companies choose Red Hat Linux … mostly because Red Hat is an entity they can sue!”

“Larger companies … don’t care if it’s a huge multi-million dollar company, or a bunch of 16-year-old hackers and IRC junkies, just as long as things work and keep working.”

But anyway, I agree that while there are still free alternatives for home users who want to try Linux, having the distributions begin to profit from their work is a good thing — as long as the money goes back into development for both versions, that is!

I personally never liked RedHat very much, but I do admit that it is a very good operating system. I am disappointed, however, that they pulled the free version entirely. I guess now I have to start recommending Mandrake to friends who want to try Linux.

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