Messages in this thread | | | From | (david parsons) | Subject | Re: us.kernel.org mirroring inconsistency | Date | 8 Jan 1999 23:36:17 -0800 |
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In article <linux.kernel.Pine.LNX.3.96.990107214614.1627F-100000@labyrinth.logic.net>, Edward S. Marshall <emarshal@logic.net> wrote: >On 6 Jan 1999, david parsons wrote: >> But Red Hat isn't the only distribution out there. >> >> ____ >> david parsons \bi/ The idea of redhat being the `official' version of Linux >> \/ is somewhat terrifying. > >The idea of someone who can't see the level of market penetration that >Red Hat has in the Linux realm is somewhat terrifying.
50% or so, which is pretty good.
That still leaves about 5 million seats running something other than redhat.
If Redhat can pull off a market takeover of the Linux community, more power to them -- I think that they are enough like Microsoft so that they could get a large wad of market share and cling to it like grim death itself [1]. Until then, it strikes me as A Really Bad Idea to assume that everyone on the sun is running the latest redhat distribution.
____ david parsons \bi/ [1: That's how the computer marketplace works, \/ barring some pretty spectacular antitrust decisions. Redhat seems to be the only US Linux distribution that's as focused as Microsoft, and that's good for Linux.]
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