Re: WDSC for Linux...

Scott Klement wrote on 01/11/2006 03:01:41 PM:

Here's an alternative: IBM could just choose one distro to support - 

say

Red Hat.

Hmmm... I'd say RedHet is a poor choice.  Many years ago, it was 

popular. 

Then RedHat split into an open source version called Fedora and a 
commercial (for pay)  version that's still called RedHat.  Now you don't 

see too many people running RedHat anymore.  A lot switched to Fedora, 

and 

I suspect a lot of Fedora users have switched to Ubuntu, since ease of 

use 

was the reason they used RedHat to begin with, and Ubuntu surpassed them 

in that respect.

However, that's just my impression -- I haven't done any actual research 

to come to that conclusion.

If IBM wants to pick just one to support, I'd think Ubuntu would be the 
first choice.  Or maybe Debian.

I agree - I prefer Debian based distros myself.  I just picked Red Hat out 
of the air because it is probably the most recognizable an probably has 
the highest penetration in the corporate world.  At least that is my 
non-researched impression :)

Thanks for the explanation of the different BSDs as well - good stuff to 
know about.

Adam

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