Top Linux seller Red Hat may be newly profitable, but the company continues to face competition from rival vendors–especially the UnitedLinux consortium. To combat the challenge from UnitedLinux–a partnership of SuSE, SCO Group, Turbolinux and Conectiva–Red Hat has become more aggressive in the corporate marketplace, readying “advanced” versions of its server and workstation products that it also hopes will help it take on Microsoft’s Windows operating system.
Red Hat Sees No Threat in UnitedLinux
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<p>That interview had to be one of the most meaning- and content-free interviews I’ve read in a while.</p>
<p>When will companies learn that these interviews with techie web sites (this goes for Slashdot, OSNews & others) are their chance to show off their expertise, sincerity, and general competence to their target audience – engineers and decision-makers.</p>
<p>I mean, it was just an entertaining read – How many times can he directly evade a question with ‘low-cost, high-value proposition’ nonsense? Why do these people bother giving the interview at all, if they’re not going to say anything intelligent? Do they seriously believe that it does anything but damage their image?</p>
What are you ranting about? Cnet is about as mainstream as it gets. It certainly isn’t Slashdot or OSnews. The target for this mini-mini interview certainly isn’t engineers.
I also didn’t see the phrase “low-cost, high-value etc” over and over. He said it once in response to the question about the competition from Sun.
The interviewer asked about Sun, United Linux(I found U.L. last minute phone call amusing), and of course the daily “can linux make it on the desktop?” question. He answered them fairly and I don’t have complaints with what he said. I guess you were expecting the Cheif Exec. to fly off the handle or something.
“Do they seriously believe that it does anything but damage their image?</p>”
Overreacting a bit aren’t we?
I don’t know what you wanted from that piece, but your thoughts are misplaced and there was nothing wrong with that interview. It may have been boring but that’s what mini interviews are like when the mainstream media and big companies are involved.
“When will companies learn that these interviews with techie web sites (this goes for Slashdot…”
There are still people out there that take Slashdot seriously? LOL