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They sell the services, not the software.
One reason that has been floated out there that
Linux will not catch on is that there for free
software there is no one to call when there is a
problem. That's where service companies like SuSE
(now Novell) and Red Hat come in. For a fee, they
WILL take responsibility for a problem. They'd
have to be much more willing to take
responsibility than MS would be willing to take,
especially if they expect to be able to compete
with MS. The willingness to accept responsibility
will appeal to many an IT department.

And the ones who contribute the most code have
the most clout in the industry, because it only
makes sense that the ones who contributed the
code will know the most about it. They will be
able to FIX bugs. Quickly. So that's why you'll
be seeing a lot of one-ups-manship (sp?) between
Novell and Red Hat, because the one who
contributes the most code will be the ones seen
by the public as the most knowledgable, and hence
the better service company.
Posted by: Michael Kelly   Posted on: 05/11/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Cool, IBM better have a big checking account.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/11/04
I don't know  Monkey_MCSE | 05/11/04
AutoCAD...  Patrick Jones | 05/12/04
Keep in mind...  Michael Kelly | 05/11/04
Point well made, didn't even consider it(NT)  Monkey_MCSE | 05/11/04
Apple also  doh123 | 05/11/04
How NDS a directory service that actually works  voska | 05/11/04
Good replies one and all, but, how does it help Novell's bottomline?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/11/04
They aren't giving everything away  Monkey_MCSE | 05/11/04
And they are selling how much?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/11/04
About 1.1 billion per year  j.m.galvin | 05/11/04
They sell the services, not the software.  Michael Kelly | 05/11/04
Why would you want to?  aerospaceboy@... | 05/12/04
They would want to because they want to compete with MS  Michael Kelly | 05/12/04
Wait a minute  aerospaceboy@... | 05/12/04
Re: Why would you want to?  STDog | 05/12/04
True  aerospaceboy@... | 05/12/04
Novell's problem..  Patrick Jones | 05/12/04
The "cancer" continues growing  Linux_Developer | 05/11/04
This is huge  Chad_z | 05/11/04
You are so funny happy  aerospaceboy@... | 05/12/04
Following the MS business model  jasonp@... | 05/12/04
Don't forget the biggy here...  Laff | 05/12/04
Yes  aerospaceboy@... | 05/12/04
Soon is a relative term.....  Laff | 05/12/04
I will give you some of that  aerospaceboy@... | 05/12/04
Are all MS's 50,000 jobs still in America?  Laff | 05/12/04

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