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Does it really make a difference
whether hobbyists use a free RHEL or a free RHEL-clone? Either way these people are not paying for support, which ultimately is why RH wants people to give them money. The only difference between the two are the branding. And bragging about market share based on free downloads won't do RH any good on their bottom line. At least now when you see a stat for RHEL you know it's a paying customer, and when you see a stat for CentOS you know it's a free download.

And while I agree that Fedora has its issues, I think most are due to the fact that RH has no interest in the desktop market, and has said so on several occasions. I think that's a mistake, especially when you consider that Windows Servers for the most part run like a desktop, and that if you want to run a virtual Windows Server in VMWare you need to run a desktop in Linux whenever you need to do something in Windows (other than routine maintenance).

While I respect Red Hat in most respects, I think they hem themselves in, in far too many ways. The strict free source policy, while community-friendly, is not always business-friendly. And their server-only agenda adversely affects their user interface (your VMWare example demonstrates both of these problems). I accept RH for what they are, but with their current strategies they aren't going to turn into a software giant, if that is their agenda.
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Lame response  ye | 01/02/07
uhm  Stuka | 01/02/07
I know this. That's why I said...  ye | 01/02/07
Well...  Stuka | 01/02/07
It was MS bashing and there was no reason for it.  ye | 01/02/07
Again blame Loverock  slim-01 | 01/03/07
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Again blame Loverock  slim-01 | 01/03/07
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simple as is simple minded?  balsover | 01/03/07
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Because Loverock "Windows is my God" Davidson stuck his big nose  slim-01 | 01/03/07
Or Apple OS8 or  Boot_Agnostic | 01/02/07
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No you don't.  JustWaiting | 01/02/07
No dead distribution Loverock...  John Le'Brecage | 01/03/07
Even most Windows Fanboys don't respect Loverock  slim-01 | 01/03/07
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RHEL binaries should be free...  Mike Cox | 01/02/07
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What does RedHat have to lose?  ye | 01/03/07
Correction to myself  markbn | 01/02/07
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Mike Cox does satire Darby. Loverock Davidson is the fanboy.  slim-01 | 01/03/07
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Just what we need, another linux salesman.  osreinstall | 01/03/07
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Not. In bed with Microsoft.  slim-01 | 01/03/07
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