Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on May 06, 2004 11:13 PM
"We've had communication and terminology issues."
That is the truest thing you said. The problem is, in making changes, Redhat positioned it as if the Linux desktop ITSELF is not ready, capable, competent, thrilling, enjoyable, etc. for desktop users.
Had Redhat said:
"We think the Linux desktop is ready for most users, but for people at home for whom Linux is new, those folks will need a level of support which we as a company cannot financially commit to right now"
I think everyone would greatly respect the statement and its reasoning.
PS: I really can't believe that the notion I got when I first tried Linux through Redhat that somehow it would be useful for me on a desktop came to me out of thin air in the clear face of what was strongly characterized by Redhat as only a server OS. I am not the type of person to read, "This is a server OS" and ignore it and say to myself, "Oh, then I think I'll go use it on a desktop."
I have lots of manuals and other material from earlier releases where I plan to check out this statement. Heck, doesn't the installer itself give you workstation/desktop options?
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on May 06, 2004 11:13 PMThat is the truest thing you said. The problem is, in making changes, Redhat positioned it as if the Linux desktop ITSELF is not ready, capable, competent, thrilling, enjoyable, etc. for desktop users.
Had Redhat said:
"We think the Linux desktop is ready for most users, but for people at home for whom Linux is new, those folks will need a level of support which we as a company cannot financially commit to right now"
I think everyone would greatly respect the statement and its reasoning.
PS: I really can't believe that the notion I got when I first tried Linux through Redhat that somehow it would be useful for me on a desktop came to me out of thin air in the clear face of what was strongly characterized by Redhat as only a server OS. I am not the type of person to read, "This is a server OS" and ignore it and say to myself, "Oh, then I think I'll go use it on a desktop."
I have lots of manuals and other material from earlier releases where I plan to check out this statement. Heck, doesn't the installer itself give you workstation/desktop options?
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