Red Hat CEO: Vista marks end of 'planned software'

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Never as good, but always more popular nonetheless.

What Whitehurst is ultimately expressing is his disdain for the influence that "monolithic" companies have over mainstream products and services.

Strong marketing and deep pockets will almost assuredly continue to mean high market saturation for companies like Microsoft for years to come.

However, those who are savvy to the usefulness of open-source platforms (Amazon.com for instance) are not part of the mainstream market consciousness, but further the "linux/open-source cause" by developing innovative mainstream services, products, and content with non-mainstream platforms.

This balance of non vs. mainstream will always be in play and for GOOD REASON since it ultimately presents a perpetual window of opportunity for the innovators.

Red Hat would do better to liken themselves to Radiohead - innovative band grows cult following into a huge mainstream success story.

American Idol might as well be Disney (Britney Spears). They just use different television stations to flex their marketing muscle, build their starlets, and hawk their crap...
... and knock off whatever innovation they couldn't come up with themselves.

Posted by: db3k   Posted on: 10/21/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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