tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30838110.post6022968726263308966..comments2024-03-18T05:53:45.068-07:00Comments on IntelliGantt: Red Hat Might Just Be Getting SeriousAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17128602082000679428noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30838110.post-65345700103393744312006-12-31T14:01:00.000-08:002006-12-31T14:01:00.000-08:00Thanks for the info. I didn't realize Google was s...Thanks for the info. I didn't realize Google was such a large part of Ubuntu. It leads to my next question, which is just <a href="http://intelligantt.blogspot.com/2006/12/business-experience-open-sourcing-code.html">posted</a>-- in order to be successful, does a 'real' open source project need big financial/resource backing?<br /><br />I do agree with Red Hat *not* being on the desktop. However, I was approaching things from the server side. Red Hat seems like a great option here.<br /><br />But obviously I should check out Ubuntu in 2007.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17128602082000679428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30838110.post-70634717680296605942006-12-31T06:03:00.000-08:002006-12-31T06:03:00.000-08:00I think there are a couple of things you need to c...I think there are a couple of things you need to consider:<br /><br />The "OS Wars" will be mainly to gain control of the desktop - that's where the millions of users are that drive the whole consumer space - Redhat hasn't been involved in this area for quite a while now.<br /><br />Google already has a relationship with Ubuntu - they use some of their code for their own internal OS apparently, their developers turn up to Ubuntu code meetings, and Ubuntu operates on the desktop arena - I think therefore that this is the more likely partner if they were going to "throw their weight" behind anyone - especially if Ubuntu can manage a coup like getting Adobe to port to Ubuntu first.<br /><br />I'm not an Ubuntu fanboy (although I use Ubuntu on my desktop and openSUSE on my laptops) but I think they are the only serious player in the consumer desktop arena. By that statement I mean that Redhat/Novell are not really playing a major role, and I don't really see that changing any time soon, and Ubuntu is the only one left that produces a good desktop that also has a reasonably substantial commercial support.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com