On Sat, Jan 19, 2002 at 02:55:59PM -0600, Jesus Ortega (a.k.a. Nitebirdz) wrote:
> Come on! Shouldn't we give them the benefit of the doubt?
Cynical answer: No, not really.
> Yet, there is no doubt in my mind that I'd rather give Red Hat the
> benefit of the doubt.
It wouldn't be Red Hat you'd be giving the benefit of the doubt--it'd
have to be their new masters, AOL Time-Warner.
> Second, Red Hat has proven their commitment to open source so far where it
> matters: with their products, and not only with words.
Well, mostly. But note that this hasn't been the case with AOL. They've
contributed mightily to the Instant Messenger wars by their closed-source
insistence on their private, proprietary approach.
> Third, Red Hat still has excellent developers and employees who have been
> working their asses off for several years to turn out great products, great
> service and great support.
And the developers and employees must do what they're told when the new
owners take over...or leave...
> I also dislike the elitist comments I read in some messages regarding AOL,
> and sort of reminds me of the position a lot of people in the Linux community
> take to Eric Raymond's calls to make the OS more user-friendly.
In my case, it's the fact that Linux--hell, call it what it is, Unix's
successor--is a professional tool and toolset. This release may well no
longer be that after it's taken over.
--
Dave Ihnat
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