> > > Hans> earth they are not. RedHat has done a lot for Linux users. Many
> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > yes - a lot, but not for users but to GAIN more users.
> > that's a big difference
>
> Umm, software raid, the Alpha and Sparc ports, the 2.2 kernel series,
> ext2 and ext3, large memory support, the multithreaded 2.4 page
> cache... the amount of software which is maintained or co-maintained
> by kernel developers funded by Red Hat to do kernel work full time is
> pretty long.
>
> And it's not just Red Hat --- a lot of the old-time kernel developers
> who are now working for LinuxCare, SuSE or VA, to pick a few, are
> still heavily involved in the core kernel development and maintenance.
yes - and there's many many others.
> This is a Good Thing, and the developers concerned still work together
> as a kernel team even when their salaries are coming from competing
> Linux companies. Frankly, I think that the funding of Linux
> development by these companies has worked out pretty well for existing
> Linux users.
very good.
but there's another side....
too many people think linux=redhat or even worse than redhat is "better
linux".
there are a lot commercial software "for redhat" not "for linux", i even
found device drivers supplied as .rpm with kernel modules - of course for
redhat.
it breaks the freedom of choice and....it could make redhat "another
microsoft"
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