__/ [ Geico Caveman ] on Wednesday 22 March 2006 17:07 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2152466/novell-predicts-two-unix
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | Novell boss Jack Messman is predicting that the open source operating
>> | system market will be reduced to two dominant suppliers in the next
>> | three to five years: Novell and Red Hat.
>> `----
>
> Its a brave but totally expected statement as he has a horse in the race.
> Interesting how he discounts a distro that has been beating both of his
> projected survivors - Ubuntu (code word for everything that is Debian
> based).
That's exactly the one I had in mind. If I recall correctly, MEPIS moved from
the Debian codebase to Ubuntu yesterday. Ubuntu is best bar none in
particular aspects. It is probably less suitable for a complex enterprise,
which is where Novell do a decent job. Red Hat seem to be strong with
servers ATM.
Best wishes,
Roy
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