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| DATE | 2004-01-12 |
| FROM | From: "Steve Milo"
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] Non FOSS and Fedora
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Sounds like the IT industry is shaping up to be like the American auto
industry of the 60's-70's. A trioploy.
RedHat, SuSe and (gasp!) Microshoft.
Dont think there arent any behind the scenes 'shenanigans' between
RedHat and MS.
Steve M
----- Original Message -----
From: akbar
Date: Monday, January 12, 2004 6:55 pm
Subject: Re: [hangout] Non FOSS and Fedora
>
> Oh the dichotomy!!!
>
> ::akbar
>
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>
> Red Hat Reiterates Commitment to Open Source
>
> By Bhavika Jhaveri
> Mumbai, January 12, 2004
>
> Red Hat, the Linux company, is not unduly worried by Novell's recent
> acquisition of SuSe Linux.
>
> Javed Tapia, director, Red Hat India, said, "Attractive markets
> attractnew players. We expect these moves. It simply validates the
> enormouscustomer interest and market opportunity in open source
> technology, and
> the progress Red Hat has achieved as the industry leader."
>
>
>
>
> According to the company, Novell sells 99 percent of its software the
> old-fashioned way - it's proprietary technology. "So now they are
> testing the waters. Putting a foot in both camps," observed Tapia.
>
> ´It looks like they might attempt a challenging feat, which nobody has
> been able to accomplish: build a hybrid company that works. On top of
> that, they face the typical integration challenges that have
> distractedso many companies in the past," added Tapia.
>
> Red Hat doesn't see any urgency to reinvent its business strategy. Its
> vision is to go well beyond an open source by building a complete
> computing architecture based 100 percent on the open source model.
> Tapiaexplained, ´At the end of the day, that unwavering commitment
> to open
> source distinguishes us from Novell and will make a huge difference to
> customers and partners.'
>
> According to Red Hat India, the company holds 95 percent of the market
> share in the Linux space and an estimated over 10 percent in the
> servermarket.
>
>
> On Mon, 2004-01-12 at 04:51, Adam Kosmin wrote:
> > Greetings,
> >
> > I couldn't help but notice Thomas Chung's tutorials up on
> fedoranews.org> which describe how to install Acrobat Reader,
> Helix, and Macromedia
> > Flash.
> >
> > In light of The Fedora Project's #2 objective being "Build the
> operating> system exclusively from open source software.", I must
> pose this
> > question to the list:
> >
> > Is it appropriate to encourage people to install non-FOSS
> software on
> > Fedora?
> >
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Adam Kosmin
> > WindowsRefund.net
> >
>
>
>
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