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List:       suse-linux-uk-schools
Subject:    Red Hat Proposals
From:       Paul Munro <paul.munro1 () btinternet ! com>
Date:       2001-11-22 12:47:19
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A couple of people here have been passing comments about the Red Hat 
offer to schools in the US I first read about these two nights ago 
whilst surfing, and passing by the Red Hat site (as I do often). I read 
the article there from a speech given by Red Hat and was amazed that 
they had stuck their necks out like this--an excellent way of showing 
Microsoft's settlement agreement for what it truly is--fluff with added 
bonus for themselves.

Yes- it would be great if SuSE would do the same here and in the US; it 
would also be ideal if the "big" players in hardware would step 
in--especially those who apparently support Open Source software, like 
IBM, Compaq, HP, Sun. However, I would be very surprised if this 
happened, given that the likes of IBM consistently fail to offer their 
hardware very publicly at all with Linux installed or as an option (I 
got their catalogue today...not a word about Linux).

"Hats" off to Red Hat, and here's hoping that MS are made red over this 
one!!

Paul


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