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I know.
There will always be Linux distributions.

But there is a difference between a commercial distribution and a non-commercial distribution.
Even ZDNet recognizes this. An article about Munich's plans reported that the city had chosen Debian, a non-commercial distribution, and would use two local firms to guide implementation. (By the way, that sounds risky to me, particularly considering that after Munich's Linux decision city employees wereunable to find local concerns with Linux experience. Means those companies now selected haven't had much practice. Sorry, off-topic.)

One important distinction for a commercial product is that major software providers assure their products will work with the distribution.

The two commercial distributions now are Red Hat and SuSE. Given Novell's problems, there's a chance Red Hat can seize their chance and reduce SuSE to irrelevance.

And then there's only one.
Posted by: Anton Philidor   Posted on: 09/25/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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So when is Novell getting bought up? (nt)  IT Scion | 09/22/05
Who would want it?  balsover | 09/22/05
A lot of people would love to buy Novell...  Physco Dude | 09/23/05
Perhaps Novell should  bjbrock | 09/22/05
Company going down toilet...  Mike Cox | 09/22/05
The scary part is  balsover | 09/22/05
You missed Mike's Joke  Physco Dude | 09/23/05
Novell Needs to Simplify Like Windows  xkmail | 09/22/05
it's called webmin and it's free  balsover | 09/22/05
Don't be an idiot  nucrash | 09/23/05
Get a clue please  blittrell | 09/23/05
Not over yet!  BigChip | 09/22/05
I think they make too much our of Red Hat...  Physco Dude | 09/23/05
The Red Hat monopoly  Anton Philidor | 09/22/05
Perhaps a Redhat Monopoly is what is needed  balsover | 09/22/05
Anton, you know better  Real World | 09/23/05
Apple does have a monopoly on Ipods.  Anton Philidor | 09/23/05
My point is  Real World | 09/23/05
I know.  Anton Philidor | 09/25/05
Linux could be market subject of monopoly  John Zern | 09/25/05
Two things  Real World | 09/26/05
The quote misses inportant facts...  Physco Dude | 09/23/05
Sigh  msh9475 | 09/23/05
Yup!  bchesmer | 10/24/05
Novell is still around?  jpr75_z | 09/25/05
What?  bchesmer | 10/24/05

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