[SLUG] Red Hat slagging

[Jamie Honan <jhonan@nospam.optushome.com.au>]

> Dead Rat and Micro$oft are too similar imho.

Red Hat is in no way comparable to MSoft.

Red Hat distributions may have some strange installation quirks, may 
have bugs, (largely due to legacy problems, I suspect), the company may
be well funded and seemingly successful, but thats where the comparison
ends.

Red Hat funds a lot of development for Linux kernel and applications,
and the results are all GPLed. Red Hat participates in standards
processes.

Red Hat plays fair as a competitor. They may have problems with
distribution of their products and other glitches, but it beggars
belief to compare this to MS.

There may be individuals you don't like, but this is a different
thing.

Red Hats' involvement with Linux has been and will continue to be
a positive thing. I am glad Red Hat is a commercial success, this
success is a good thing for Linux.

There are other distributions with superior features, it is better
for everyone to let these facts speak for themselves.

Jamie

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