Win the desktop, and you will win the server

Posted by Sander_Marechal on Apr 18, 2008 5:58 AM EDT
The Open Source Advocate; By Tristan Rhodes 		Mail this story
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Red Hat has recently announced that they have "No plans for a traditional consumer desktop". Let me explain why I think Red Hat needs to change their business strategy. First, a short history lesson. Before the arrival of Windows NT Server, Novell Netware claimed 90% of the market for PC based servers. However, Netware made a near fatal mistake when they did not provide a GUI interface soon enough. So server administrators became familiar with Windows 95 on their desktop, and they naturally preferred Windows NT 4.0 which included the same interface.

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