Author: JT Smith
LinuxToday has an interview with ESR, the Open Source advocate and member of VA Linux Board of Directors. (VA Linux owns NewsForge.) On VA leaving the hardware business: “The world used to need Linux hardware specialists, but times have changed. In 1998 stuff like server-ready SMP motherboards was still exotic
hardware and Linux was still novel; having expertise in either was unusual and being able to sell the combination was an attractive business, especially with an
Internet buildout in full roar.
hardware and Linux was still novel; having expertise in either was unusual and being able to sell the combination was an attractive business, especially with an
Internet buildout in full roar.
But a funny thing happened on the way to the bank. Linux succeeded too well,
and attracted too much money. VA helped that happen; it built damn fine
hardware, it subsidized a lot of open-source projects, sponsored a lot of shows,
and did marketing into places the Linux community never reached before …”
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- Open Source
