Comments on: Red Hat, Novell, Canonical and the free software desktop

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The New Linux Hardy Heron 8.04 Released Today | The Scoble Factor — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:40:36 +0000

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By: Dave Neary

Dave Neary — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:32:50 +0000

@Adam: Exactly – when I spoke of the mistakes Canonical are making, I think that the dilution of their very strong consumer desktop bran is a mistake.

Ubuntu Mobile in particular makes little sense to me – I don’t see the opportunity. Ubuntu server makes more sense, since many in SMBs will use it as a drop-in replacement for another do-it-yourself server OK like say Debian.

But aiming for enterprise and competing *too* directly with Novell and RH would be, IMHO, a mistake for Ubuntu at this stage. For the time being, I don’t see them doing that.

Dave.

By: Adam Williamson

Adam Williamson — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:52:37 +0000

Ubuntu Server’s not working out well, then? And how about Ubuntu Mobile?

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And in this corner weighing 850 pounds… « Milo Casagrande — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:39:16 +0000

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By: Dave Neary

Dave Neary — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:01:30 +0000

@DeeJay1: I agree with Qhartman – right now, there is no-one addressing the small business specifically, and Ubuntu, or maybe Debian, are winning there by default.

By: DeeJay1

DeeJay1 — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:51:12 +0000

IMHO “Small Business” is usually supported by local distributions, usually cut to support specific needs. There are many of them across the world…

By: Qhartman

Qhartman — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:08:18 +0000

@Michael:

Right now, that segment is owned by whichever distro the person doing the installation likes. Nobody is really targeting that space well right now. It is the segment that Canonical seems to be targeting with their new server / desktop integration and management initiatives, like Landscape. Only time will tell if that will work…

By: Anonymous Coward

Anonymous Coward — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:38:24 +0000

Very clear and insightful. Good work.

By: Michael R. Head

Michael R. Head — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:38:10 +0000

What about “Small Business” desktops and servers? Who’s got that?