[ale] Red Hat Linux Project Merges With Fedora

[Jonathan Rickman]

On Monday 22 September 2003 14:38, John Wells wrote:
> A great day for both Red Hat and Fedora, imo:

Perhaps I'm being overly critical, but didn't RH just effectively strip 
the name recognition from the free product. Now those who go to their 
often Linux-clueless managers to propose a Linux solution will be 
babbling about Fedora and the manager will ask about RH. It will not 
matter that the two are now one and the same. The PHB will demand RH. 
It's at that point that he realizes that Windows is cheaper. RHEL is 
horribly overpriced IMO. At this point, the only people who should even 
consider it are the big Oracle shops who need the support contracts. Even 
then, Solaris on Sparc will be cheaper in many configurations. Maybe I'm 
just having a crappy Monday, but I believe this was a strategic move to 
better position the high dollar product...not some shining example of 
community outreach. If so, it is a work of genius on the part of Red Hat.

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Jonathan Rickman
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