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| DATE | 2004-01-12 |
| FROM | akbar
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] Non FOSS and Fedora
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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 attract
new players. We expect these moves. It simply validates the enormous
customer 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 distracted
so 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. Tapia
explained, ´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 server
market.
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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