[ros-kernel] A bit of perspective

[Steven Edwards]

To quote a friend at Codeweavers.
"Redhat is just upset that Novell outbid them for Suse..."

I think what you are seeing here is Novell and RedHat go head to head.
Redhat wanted Suse so they could use it as "THE" Linux desktop while
keeping RedHat enterprise as the competitor to Windows Server.

Thanks
Steven

--- Vizzini <vizzini at plasmic.com> wrote:
> <Rant>
> 
> In case anyone has forgotten why this project is critical, RedHat's
> CEO
> summarizes it perfectly:
> 
> ------
> 
> Matthew Szulik, chief executive of Linux vendor Red Hat, said on
> Monday
> that although Linux is capable of exceeding expectations for
> corporate
> users, home users should stick with Windows: "I would say that for
> the
> consumer market place, Windows probably continues to be the right
> product line," he said. "I would argue that from the device-driver
> standpoint and perhaps some of the other traditional functionality,
> for
> that classic consumer purchaser, it is my view that (Linux)
> technology
> needs to mature a little bit more."
> 
> ------
> 
> ReactOS is uniquely positioned in the Free Software world because of
> its
> native support for Windows drivers and applications.  Wine is a great
> way for linux people to run windows software, but it will never quite
> work right in the end due the fundamentally different kernel and os
> architecture it is sitting on.  The story is at least as complicated
> for
> drivers.
> 
> Next time someone asks you, "What is the point of ReactOS when there
> is
> Linux?" remind them of this.
> 
> http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-5101690.html
> 
> </Rant>
> 
>  -Vizzini
> 
> 
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