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He did do that, he "took" Red Hat Enterprise Linux software source code, recompiled it, called "unbreakable Linux" and proceeded to undercut Red Hat in support
by muhfuhkuh 16y ago
He did do that, he "took" Red Hat Enterprise Linux software source code, recompiled it, called "unbreakable Linux" and proceeded to undercut Red Hat in support pricing.
By most accounts, it's an unmitigated disaster. I think they sold like the first reference sales and then trickled to almost nothing. They still use the term "unbreakable Linux" but there is no OS product marketed around it anymore.
Sometimes people don't like the cheaper knockoffs.
- lzw 16y agoThat's the market at work. I'm sure Larry is not crying over this failure, and if it had been a success it would have only succeeded by spreading linux to more institutions and improving the linux marketplace, market size, etc.