>>> And RedHat is currently selling more Linux than Novell.  Turns out
>>> customers *want* service contracts for things their business depends
>>> on.
>> OK. So why have I not heard anything about RedHat for several years?
> 
> Very likely a product of your choice of reading material.  Have you 
> looked at a copy of Linux Format lately?  There recently was a huge 
> article there on training, specifically about RedHat training.  With a 
> big ad in the middle of the article, at that.

Woah - there's a "Linux Format" now? o_O

Mind you, there's enough people using Linux, I guess it makes sense...

>> Have they gone into some kind of specialised market or something? Once
>> upon a time you used to hear of them quite a bit, and now they seem
>> awful quiet...
> 
> Nope, they haven't gone into a specialized market.  They're losing market 
> share to Novell (which owns SUSE Linux) and to Canonical, but absolutely 
> still around.
> 
> If you spend all your time around Windows advertising and gaming 
> magazines, you probably won't hear much about Linux.  Though with the MS/
> Novell deal, Microsoft is selling SUSE Linux Enterprise Server to their 
> customers as well - surely you've heard of *that* deal?  It's been 
> ongoing for about 2 years now....

Actually, come to think of it, I *do* vaguely remember that announcement...

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