Most business people know that 80% of their profits come from 20% of their customer base. Likewise, 80% of complaints, problems and expenses come from 20% of the customers. Needless to say those customers are seldom found in the 20% most profitable customers.
There is no doubt that RH is in it for the money. They will go to where the money is. And I wish them well. Maybe some day they'll see me there, but if not, I'll keep on keeping on. Buck -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of gh Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 10:33 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Fedora <mega-snip> > > It looks like not enough people voted with dollars and cents to ensure > > that RedHat could provide the services you're looking for. I see no > > reason to believe that Fedora will be less stable than RHL 10 ... > > The net result of this resent change may very well lead to more > > improvments to Linux, better support for the High end, and better > > community involvment in the low and mid markets. I just don't see any > > reason to worry yet. > > > > Sean. ... > > The market has already set the intro price for most OS products and RH > Enterprise Workstation exceeds that market price by about $100 US as I > noted in my original mail. $179 dollars US is a high price to pay for > the bottom line workstation install of a OS in comparison to many > other distro offerings. > -- > Johnathan Bailes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In my opinion RH is trying to set a clear, dividing line between: * The community/Fedora ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------- * The RH corporate/business model/stock market/RHEL Like many people here, I do not like the idea but there are great difficulties/pressures of not drawing that line. I hope that they made the right decision. But it is also a great opportunity for us to: * Show what the RH community is capable of * Build successful, entrepreneurial businesses around the community we are all members of and the markets left unserved by RH. My opinionated $0.02 gh -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
