Comments on: Red Hat aims desktop Linux at Microsoft

Opening a new chapter in its 10-year history and a new front in its war against Microsoft, the leading Linux seller plans to announce its first version of the open-source OS for the desktop.

[bjlevine]

Laughable business model

"But it won't sell them individually, instead offering 50-computer
subscriptions for $3,500 annually--about $70 per PC per year."

Yeah, right. Find me a 50-computer installation that will buy
into this without -thoroughly- testing it on a few desktops first.
Who do they think they are; Microsoft?

[bjlevine]

Laughable business model

"But it won't sell them individually, instead offering 50-computer
subscriptions for $3,500 annually--about $70 per PC per year."

Yeah, right. Find me a 50-computer installation that will buy
into this without -thoroughly- testing it on a few desktops first.
Who do they think they are; Microsoft?

[Michael Grogan]

Time to wake up

Red Hat needs to wake up to the realities. The only way to beat microsoft at this point is with a REASONABLE pricing model and an operating system that will run windows compatible software. Who can afford to chuck all of their windows software to switch operating systems? This is the only reason I didn't switch to something else long ago. If I did switch, I wouldn't choose an operating system I had to pay for every year.

[Michael Grogan]

Time to wake up

Red Hat needs to wake up to the realities. The only way to beat microsoft at this point is with a REASONABLE pricing model and an operating system that will run windows compatible software. Who can afford to chuck all of their windows software to switch operating systems? This is the only reason I didn't switch to something else long ago. If I did switch, I wouldn't choose an operating system I had to pay for every year.