On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:44:09 +0000, Orchid XP v8 wrote:

>>>> 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

It's been around for a few years, current issue is (looking around desk) 
112.  13 issues per year.  You do the math. ;-)

You might also be surprised to learn that there is also one called "Linux 
Journal".  And yes, it's older.

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

There you go.

>>> 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...

So, you want to keep up with the tech industry?  Subscribe to a slashdot 
RSS feed.  Don't read the comments, read the stories.  That'll give you a 
good starting point to see what's going on in the world.

Jim

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