Red Hat Europe 82
Chuck Milam writes "Red Hat has announced Red Hat Europe. Interesting--I wonder if they're going to give SuSE a run for the money? " Looks like they are opening a German and UK office, and
have announced that Colin Tenwick (of Sybase) will be in charge.
Red Hat is not Microsoft (Score:3)
They're also not that near to a monopoly. SuSE had more sales, revenues and profits in 1999. Together, the other distributions have more marketshare than Red Hat.
Personally, I'm scared as heck of a proprietary distrib like SuSE gaining a monopoly, or even of the playing field being dominated by proprietary products (which may add more and more proprietary stuff to gain an advantage). Until other distribs change their stances, I will continue to run Debian, and support Debian and Red Hat.
Remember Redhat 5.0? (Score:1)
Re:Slashdot is booooooring! (Score:1)
If it's boring you, than don't read it. Nobody is forcing you here.
Oh btw, we'd miss you if you left, but we don't know who you are, Mr. AC. =)
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Mark Waterous (mark@projectlinux.org)
Re:don't need no steenkin RH (Score:1)
That's odd, I don't see you making, or helping make something better. Perhaps you're not able to, yet you find yourself more than able to whine and complain? Standard procedure for an AC no doubt.
If you consider the distribution broken, than don't use it, and stop bleeting about it like every other sheep who's along for the ride. If you think you can do better, than show your devotion to the Linux community and help RedHat fix their mistakes. Otherwise you're not doing one damn bit of good.
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Mark Waterous (mark@projectlinux.org)
Re:Slashdot is booooooring! (Score:1)
Funny, I thought that being incorrect was THE mortal sin in Journalism. Hmmm...must have been that shoddy University I attended to get my J-Degree that convinced me of that.
Re:SuSe s^^/will not be a pushover (Score:1)
> Now in SuSE you have SaX/Yast/fdisk Which are
> far superior in usefulness than Redhats.
Guess what, RedHat has fdisk too. Guess what, RedHat doesn't use proprietary _toys_ like yast - guess what; this argument lacks any basis.
> KDE is standard on SuSE, well what comes with
> RHAT standard? fvwm95? Sick
What are you getting at here? Is this argument honestly meant to be taken seriously? Or do you not know how to change the default WM used by X?
> Xconfigurator/configlinux and Disk Druid come to
> mind. These gimmic guis actually do you MUCH
> worse than XF86Setup/RTFM/and fdisk
> respectively.
Odd seeing this argument. One, I've already stated is that RedHat comes with fdisk. RTFM yourself on that one. =)
Number two, are you honestly trying to count Xconfigurator against RedHat, yet you're using Yast as an example of why SuSe is better? I thought the basis of the two tools was the same -- to make a portion of operating your system easier.
Hm, so we can see that you have obviously have no valid complaint against RedHat. Have a nice day. =)
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Mark Waterous (mark@projectlinux.org)
Re:Redhat and the LSB (Score:1)
Actually I've already been contacted by a few employee's of RedHat regarding this issue - I'm quite willing to admit this was some disinformation that I fell for on the part of a devious reporter. I read an article without investigating further, and a few kind employee's have stated their position on the matters.
No, I wouldn't say they were perverting it, or attempting to extend and embrace it if they gave it blatant 100% support; read my post over again, I was defending them against somebody who accused them of being the MS of linux -- not accusing them myself.
Nobody in here can honestly say they've never fallen for something that looked trustworthy. I've been the victim of this, and I've been corrected. Live and learn.
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Mark Waterous (mark@projectlinux.org)
Re:SuSe s^^/will not be a pushover (Score:1)
I'm not sure if there's much point in responding to such a post from an AC. You seem to be quite tense, maybe you should relax a little before you shoot your mouth off?
> RedHat has these gimmic tools right there for
> each newbie to use, and thoes tools suck.
You're accusing RedHat of "sucking" because they're attempting to provide utilities to aid in administration? You've got to be joking.
RedHat provides the tools - they do _not_ require you to use them, they are merely there as aids and can be discarded at your convenience.
>Yes default Xs wm, has a lot to do with how you
>look at a distros plans to comfort the user.
>Enough said
RedHat 6.0 no longer uses fvwm as the default WM, for your information, so this argument is void right off the bat. However, I can't pass this opportunity up.
Are you suggesting Linus is a lamer? Guess what. He uses fvwm (straight from the lion's mouth).
>Linux nut: I think RedHat has useradd, dont ask
>me why
It has ``useradd'' and ``adduser'' for your information. Get your facts straight.
"It is better to be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt".
Thank you, for removing all doubt in this scenario Mr. AC =)
>Now of course you gona tell me to use configlinux
>gui command to addusers? Bwhaha what happened to
>fdisk?
What does adding users have to do with fdisk? Atleast be coherent in your attacks.
>Please don't whine Rhat users.
For the record, I use Debian.
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Mark Waterous (mark@projectlinux.org)
Re:Redhat in Europe (Score:4)
> I would like to support Linux comunity but Im
> not ready to support another Linux "BillGates".
I see this statement all too often, and as far as I'm concerned it's got no basis to it, other than jealousy. People are jealous that RedHat is succesful. People are jealous that they're not the ones who could be part of it.
Read this, for a very good story on why RedHat is not the MS of Linux:
http://salon.com/tech/feature/1999/07/14/redhat
..and once you're done reading that, get over it. =) RedHat is not trying to proprietarize Linux, and RedHat is doing nothing to keep the source from the people - if you want somebody to target, target Caldera; last I heard, you had to buy their cd to get the latest distro as it wasn't available from their FTP. RedHat provides theirs for download, and the source is there right alongside it. Yup. Sure looks like they're pulling anti-trust conspiracy moves to me.
This petty name calling and the distribution wars have got to stop. Having a favourite is one thing, blatanly calling down and refusing to acknowledge a distribution that doesn't agree with you is another thing entirely -- it's dangerous, both for your reputation in the eyes of others, and for Linux itself.
(Disclaimer: The author of this post does have a few bones to pick w/ RedHat, such as their refusal to support the LSB. RedHat is not completely innocent of all accusations leveled at them; they are _not_ however the Microsoft of Linux, not even close.)
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Mark Waterous (mark@projectlinux.org)
Re:Red Hat is not Microsoft (Score:1)
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Michael Hasenstein
http://www.csn.tu-chemnitz.de/~mha/ [tu-chemnitz.de]
Factual Error in press release (Score:1)
No. Guildford is a town a long way outside London. No definition of greater London would ever come anywhere near Guildford.
Guildford is an easy 1 hour commute by mainline train from central London, but if RedHat wanted a London office, they should have payed for one
Re:Ugh. (Score:1)
Re:Woo hoo! Now how do I apply for a job with RedH (Score:1)
well, we'll have to have a good old fashioned fight over it. *grin*
No seriously, I wonder if I could get a job as a
help techie for Redhat UK, that would be neat.
Bit of a shame I use Debian really, I'd have to learn more about rpm.
Re:I've been hired by Red Hat Europe (Score:1)
Come on, you know you want to.
Re:Red Hat's success in EU re SuSE (Score:2)
SuSe should be a pushover (Score:1)
RedHat (Score:1)
I only had thier evaluation ios (Its 1 smaller version than the one you buy, its 1 CD compared to 5 CDs), and it just runs perfect.
So even if redhat is trying to get into Europe, I think they need a better product before they will succeed, because currently its not good enough.
//Kaavi
Re:Redhat in Europe (Score:1)
As far as shipping goes I have bought carrots that came from brazil - a mere 5000 mile away. And they were cheap. While mail ordering pizza from US costs like hell ordering a whole shipload isn't that expensive..
So while I too believe SuSe gets a little cheaper I don't think the difference is that big.
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Pirkka
Re:SuSe s^^/will not be a pushover (Score:2)
As for default X environments, RH 6.0 ships with GNOME as the default, *not* fvwm95. We also ship with a utility called 'switchdesk' that lets you switch with one click between KDE, GNOME, and AnotherLevel (an fvwm-2 configuration). How many other distributions do that?
Adding users? We have both adduser and useradd. Both work just fine. I'm not sure what your beef is with paths, either. Sure, if you 'su' you don't get
As people have already pointed out, all of the GUI config tools we ship can be worked around if you care for that sort of thing. 'fdisk' is still shipped, and is still an option in the install.
And at least RH users have the option of buying $2 CDs, unlike some distributions.
--Donnie
Red Hat Europe ? Oh Well..... (Score:1)
had stuck to the 4.2 version, which was the best version they had, or maybe 3.something. But ever since 5.0, they have gone done hill.
Redhat & Suse merger (Score:1)
Bob Young on Red Hat as the Microsoft of Linux (Score:3)
"We don't do any exclusive contracts. For example, the guys at Metroworks - on their box, they say it was built for Red Hat Linux. That wasn't our idea - that was their idea for marketing purposes."
"...our goal at Red Hat has always been to expand the number of Linux users, not to dominate the Linux space."
"We have no interest (in squashing our competition). Slackware and Caldera and Debian are very much our allies in this effort to make Open Source the definition, to make Open Source a required feature of any operating system the user might consider."
"We understand our competition isn't with Caldera or SuSE - out competition is with Microsoft." (He was speaking about the new higher price on RH6.0, basically saying that it pays not for the software, but for a certain level of support that their users expect from them.)
"... we are not trying to compete in the Linux space, we are trying to compete with the very big proprietary OS vendors..."
Now, of course, the nature of this competition could change if Open Source becomes the standard - the competition would probably move to the other Linux vendors. But for now, according to Mr. Young (whom you can believe or disbelieve as you see fit), Red Hat's plan is to do the "right thing" for Linux.
Imaginary definition and out of date claims (Score:1)
Secondly the document you referenced (http://pmitros.mit.edu/patchwork.html) is obsolete. The QPL was changed months ago (before QT 2.0 was released) and the stipulation that the patch program must be used to distribute modifications has been removed.
For an objective critque of the license see my post here http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=99/06/25/1246
Re:Where is POST 56, /.ers are COWARds (Score:1)
Not censorship, but rather filtering by reader consensus.
Here's how it works: Other /. readers get to moderate your posts. If the post is sufficiently lame, it gets moderated down to a "-1" (takes at least 2 moderators downgrading a post to make this happen -- unless you post as an AC, in which case your post gets a "0" instead of a "1" by default, and only one thumbs-down is required), which makes it invisible unless you set your user prefs to make them visible to you.
Ah, but you're an AC, so you don't have any user prefs to set... And you get no shot at being a moderator, either... What a dirty, rotten shame.
Regarding those particular posts: If I were a moderator (I'm not right now, but I have been before on several occasions), I'd definitely have moderated them down instead of offering this explanation. Incindiary crap like "Red Hat is the Nazi Party of Linux" or what have you doesn't contribute anything positive to the discussion, and would get moderated to a "-5", if I had moderator status and it were possible.
Unfortunately, -1 is as low as you can go.
Anyhow, Post #56 is right here [slashdot.org]. It hasn't been wiped out at all -- it's merely been deemed unworthy by those among your peers who aren't afraid to put their names behind their posts.
Think about that.
Zontar The Mindless,
Re: Reality bites (Score:1)
SuSE had this as early as 5.3 (!). Back then, Gnome 0.30 would install without problems, while RedHat didn't even offer it as a regular install option at the same time. You had to fiddle around to get it running.
I'm not sure what your beef is with paths, either.
Well, I don't know if this is what he meant, but RedHat's interpretation of the FHS is IMHO a bit peculiar. Throwing everfything into
As for graphical config tools, I'd say in a feature-to feature comparison Yast and Sax score better than the RedHat tools, so it's not just a matter of opinion.
But the main problem of RedHat's distribution is the lack of maturity and careful packaging. This is one of SuSE's strengths. OTOH, RedHat usually offers bleeding edge technology, while SuSE is more conservative (libc, egcs, etc.).
But one thing most of you have overlooked is the fact that RedHat bought DELIX [delix.de], which makes an excellent, highly underestimated German distribution. It is relatively up-to-date, stable and offers decent ISDN support. If RedHat is clever enough to use Delix' know-how to improve their own distro, they will really be able to become a competitor to SuSE.
Re:Red Hat's success in EU re SuSE (Score:1)
Good Thing (Score:2)
Further infos on Red Hat Europe (Score:1)
"The german office will be in Stuttgart. As a matter of fact, they are going to take over the entire Delix Linux branch. Delix's DLD distribution should continue to be maintained for at least a further 2 versions, with DLD 6.2 being planned for late summer. In the long-term the more desktop-oriented DLD distribution should be integrated into Red Hat; their domain has so far been most Linux server systems."
Herbert von Kammerstein
Crypto Hat? (Score:2)
This would definitely be a good thing.
Wow! (Score:1)
Good to see they are expanding. This will hopefully only help linux.
Re:Redhat and the LSB (Score:1)
Redhat don't refuse to support the LSB, they just haven't accepted to commit themselves body and soul to something that isn't even finished. Gee, I suppose if they said that they were supporting the LSB at 100% and working on it you would say that they are trying to pervert it (embrace and extend anyone?). i don't say the Redhat is totally white but don't say they REFUSE to support the LSB when the LSB is still in work.
Re:Redhat in Europe (Score:1)
i'm not trying to knock suse (or you, or anyone) here...
but how much does it cost red hat to ship to germany? what kind of import tariffs are they paying?
Suse's overhead to distribute in Germany is almost certainly lower than Red Hat's.
It's not necessarily enough to warrant Red Hat costing twice as much, but it is something to consider before assuming they are inflating their prices in microsoftian tradition.
Tax and Lawsuit protection (Score:1)
This is probably RedHat's primary motivation here, as they already sold in most countries already.
Even more news (Score:2)
And in related news.... (Score:3)
A spokesperson could not say whether the new site would be called "RedDot", "SlashHat", or even "RedSlashHatDot".
One regular slashdot reader named Anonymous Coward reportedly said, "Oh. So that's why I was seeing two or more Red Hat stories in the same afternoon."
The reader was immediately subdued, gagged, and called a troll.
Total utter crap! (Score:1)
If you want to post stuff without checking fact, preface it with IMHO, or some such thing.
Use whatever distro you like.
trying to be funny ??? (Score:1)
I'd hate to spread FUD, but I overheard someone saying that they'd heard a rumour from someone closely connected with a company nearby that says.......
I doubt though that you really intended your post to be humorous
I don't think the last comment was called for (Score:1)
>buying $2 CDs, unlike some distributions.
I don't think comments like this from someone at one distributor aimed at another are very helpful, nor professional.
Please, leave it to the kiddies to play the childish name calling games.
If you like RH, use it. If you like SuSE use it. If you like Debian use, but for god's dake let's stop this stupid name calling
Interesting possibilities. (Score:1)
If they wan't they can make CD-images in these countries and include strong crypto. Possibly also exporting them to the US.
Besides getting closer to many of their costumers the crypto issue could be important in the future.
Most companies likes to expand their options.
//Pingo
Re:Crypto Hat? (Score:1)
Expanding their options like this is a very brilliant move of RedHat. This creates a whole new array of business opportunities.
Imagine what defence related organisations and industries in Europe will do with Windows NT if RedHat made a secure version like you suggest. They would of course also be willing to pay an extra premium for an OS like that.
My advice is to buy as much RedHat stocks as you can, perhaps even borrow money.
//Pingo
Has SuSe converted to glibc2.x yet? (Score:1)
Last time I saw some info they were still compiling against libc5.
//Pingo
I've been hired by Red Hat Europe (Score:1)
I'll be joining Red Hat in Guildford, UK in August as sysadmin. I can't wait to get started, as working there is sure to be a blast. It's just a shame it's in England, as I live in Amsterdam right now.
No doubt this press release will fan the flames and lead to even more knee jerk cries that Red Hat is the next Microsoft, but that's certainly not the way I see it.
This is seriously good news for the whole Linux population and I think we should all be pleased that a world class company like Red Hat is raising its profile like this.
This kind of localised support is just what many companies need before they can feel secure enough to risk migrating their services to Linux. As such, Red Hat's new offices will lead to much wider acceptance and deployment of Linux.
Re:SuSe should be a pushover (Score:1)
That's surprising.
Here in The Netherlands, SuSE is very strong, due in part to their support of ISDN out of the box. Red Hat has missed an opportunity on that score, as ISDN is really big here and in Germany.
Having said that, it's still Red Hat that you see most often in Dutch bookshops, even since the price hike of 6.0. The company's high profile is working very well for them.
I agree with you on the proprietary nature of SuSE. I realise that they probably only did that to stop all the cheap clones appearing the way they have with RH, but I still can't agree with it. That freedom is one of the fundamentals of using Linux and one of Red Hat's many strengths.
Re:I've been hired by Red Hat Europe (Score:1)
I'm sure there will be PFY positions going at some stage, but until I actually arrive and take up office, I've no way of knowing exactly what will be needed. I like your attitude, though :-)
Send the company your CV or get back in touch in mid-August.
why was my post wacked? (Score:1)
Sensei
Re:RED hat Commie sounding (Score:1)
Red Hat's success in EU re SuSE (Score:2)
Personally I believe that Red Hat works better out of the box than SuSE. SuSE include WAY more software that Red Hat. I am willing to fiddle with my Linux to get what I want. Most people that are jumping on the wagon aren't. I think Red Hat has an advantage for this reason.
There seems. to me at least over here in the US, to be a predeliction in Europe for going for more. This is after all what SuSE seems to be doing, and they are German.
I greedily installed more than 5 GB of software from my 5 CD SuSE distro. I haven't touched alot of it yet, but what I have...wow. The base SuSE includes Beowulf, Blender...why even bother it is a lot of stuff. Go to http://www.suse.de/e/lx61/new_in_6.1.html and see for yourself.
I think that this development will force SuSE to increase their out-of-box stability and force Red Hat to include more of the software they presently bundle separately.
My main problem with SuSE is that it uses KDE by default, and requires tinkering to get gnome running. Before you bleat, the first thing I tried was "startx gnome" which turns out to be the answer in the SuSE help. That didn't work.
My problem with KDE is merely that I want to keep my Linux FREE. I am using it now and it is actually a joy...I am not too motivated to "fix" it.
This is an important market for RedHat, as the US is for SuSE. I hope both of them benefit. I think the Linux community can't avoid a benefit.
BTW...
1,672,934.8th post YEEEAAAH !!!
Oh Darn. I am too early.
Re:No need to worry (Score:1)
Could you give examples of SuSEs Microsoft esque tactics that you allude to? I don't doubt you, only haven't heard anything . . .
need to worry? (Score:2)
I'm a Red Hat user myself, but I wonder sometimes about how much influence they could have over Linux develepment. Fortunately to this point they have been a good community member and have kept their commitment to Free Software by GPLing their code.
I guess I just wonder what effect if any their IPO and this seemingly rapid/massive expansion will have? What do people think?
(First Post? - That would be a first for me
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Geoff
When I saw the west coast thing... (Score:1)
Now only if I could talk Bob into doing redhat Canada...he's a Canadian, he'd understand...
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