John Locke <johnlocke98513@xxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 01:50:29 +0100, Roy Schestowitz
><newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>Red Hat Sees Green
>>
>>,----[ Quote ]
>>| Regardless, if investors are obsessing over the long-term threat from a geeky
>>| new kind of software, it's pretty clear they're not afraid of Larry Ellison
>>| anymore.
>>`----
>>
>>http://www.forbes.com/2007/03/29/redhat-linux-earnings-markets-equity-cx_bc_0329markets22.html?partner=yahootix
>>
>>Once again, Dan's replacement refers to the software as geeky. He used other
>>stereotypes that appeal to white-collar journalism. They still try to make it
>>seem like Linux is built by teenagers and people with T-shirts and beards.
>>
> That might be right to some extent:
> http://vger.kernel.org/netconf2006.html
>
The point is that it a) doesn't matter and b) so are all operating
systems anyway.
The important issue for Linux is about support, integration, and so on,
as well as freedom from lock-in, and freedom from licensing charges.
These points are all orthogonal to who writes the code.
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