Re: [OS:N:] K12 and Red Hat

[Chris Spencer <CSpencer CAIT org>]

On Fri, 2003-03-14 at 04:42, Jim Tate wrote:

> Redhat is slowly weaning the little guy out the back door, they
> are positioning themselves to only deal with the Big Guy's Big Bucks.
> They admitted that the little guy help them get started , but now they
> have hit the big time and they don't need you anymore.
> Believe me you got my heart.

I doubt it's anything like that.  

Certainly they are focusing on what can help them generate a profit.  That's
something they have to do to survive.

They have to find a way to serve both markets.  I think they are working on it.

I am very confident their marketing and accounting people recognize that the
incremental costs associated with a mainstream distribution are fairly insignificant
once the structure is in place.  Moreover, I doubt if they would want to put all
their eggs in one basket so to speak.


-Chris

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