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Another Linux Desktop Diss from Red Hat
Almost a year has passed since I wrote, Novell CEO Disses Embrace of Desktop Linux where I told you how Ron Hovsepian, Novell CEO, totally slammed Linux as a desktop operating system and now another major CEO comes out publicly against Linux on the desktop. Red Hat's CEO, Jim Whitehurst, actually said "First of all, I don't know how to make money on it." |
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I have to agree. I don't think it's possible for Novell or Red Hat to make money on desktop Linux. Microsoft gets a donation on every machine sold because Windows is what people know. For darn sure, Microsoft doesn't make its money selling desktop Windows support contracts.
The school systems subsidize Microsoft by teaching students, at no cost, how to use Windows. I could write my own garbage proprietary OS and make tons of money if I got that kind of subsidy. If the school systems would instead teach Linux, there would still be no profitability because there are many high quality, free versions of Linux.
The school systems subsidize Microsoft by teaching students, at no cost, how to use Windows. I could write my own garbage proprietary OS and make tons of money if I got that kind of subsidy. If the school systems would instead teach Linux, there would still be no profitability because there are many high quality, free versions of Linux.
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And so far, he's been spot-on.
Your suggestion to the Redhat CEO about how to make money with Desktop Linux ("do like MS and sell it!") shows that you have little grasp on how to create a market for a product. If simply building a good product is all that is necessary to turn a profit, then the good people at Zero Pollution Motors should have sold millions of cars by now.
Here's my suggestion to you: stop making suggestions on marketing moves and stick with what you know.