on Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 11:57:34AM -0500, Cybe R. Wizard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Sun, 25 Jul 2004 09:57:27 -0400 > Peter O <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I believe that whatever additional costs of supporting more > > distributions are, they are inconsequential to Intel. Their decision > > to support only RedHat is purely marketing/business-driven, not > > technology-driven. They see RedHat as a business partner that has HP, > > IBM, Dell etc. as customers. Intel does not see Debian as such a > > partner, for obvious reasons. It's in Intel's interests to steer more > > people from community distributions to RedHat. That's business... > > > > Cheers, > > > > Peter O > > www.dialore.com > > BINGO! As someone said, "whenever the question begins with, 'why don't > they...', the answer is always, 'money.'"
s/always/frequently/ I'd toss "power" or "control" in there as well. Intel likely feels it has more sway over RH than it does over a community-oriented distro. OTOH, HP's involvment appears guided by different logic. Or it could just be institutional culture. Notoriously slow, hard, and painful to change. HP again comes to mind. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://linuxmafia.com/~karsten Ceterum censeo, Caldera delenda est. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
