Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on May 07, 2004 03:26 AM
Jeremy, you said: "Then Red Hat's Chairman/CEO/President, Matt Szulik, is quoted as saying something about the role legacy Windows desktops were still playing. The proverbial fan is set to oscillate. Headlines read "Red Hat Abandons Desktop!" and "Red Hat CEO Recommends Windows."
Jeremy, are you saying that Matt Szulik was misquoted? Here is what the media reported him saying:
"Matthew Szulik, chief executive of Linux vendor Red Hat, said on Monday that although Linux is capable of exceeding expectations for corporate users, home users should stick with Windows: "I would say that for the consumer market place, Windows probably continues to be the right product line," he said. "I would argue that from the device-driver standpoint and perhaps some of the other traditional functionality, for that classic consumer purchaser, it is my view that [Linux] technology needs to mature a little bit more."
If what he said wasn't accurately reported, then it should be easy to issue a correction. But if what he said was in fact accurately reported, then not only is he wrong in the minds of millions of consumer desktop Linux users, but your implication that he only said "something about the role legacy Windows desktops were still playing" is misleading.
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Was Matt Szulik misquoted?
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on May 07, 2004 03:26 AMJeremy, are you saying that Matt Szulik was misquoted? Here is what the media reported him saying:
"Matthew Szulik, chief executive of Linux vendor Red Hat, said on Monday that although Linux is capable of exceeding expectations for corporate users, home users should stick with Windows: "I would say that for the consumer market place, Windows probably continues to be the right product line," he said. "I would argue that from the device-driver standpoint and perhaps some of the other traditional functionality, for that classic consumer purchaser, it is my view that [Linux] technology needs to mature a little bit more."
http://www.silicon.com/software/os/0,39024651,391<nobr>1<wbr></nobr> 6741,00.htm
If what he said wasn't accurately reported, then it should be easy to issue a correction. But if what he said was in fact accurately reported, then not only is he wrong in the minds of millions of consumer desktop Linux users, but your implication that he only said "something about the role legacy Windows desktops were still playing" is misleading.
So which is it?
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