I'm sitting in SDForum's Open Source in the Enterprise executive summit. Great so far, with a strong turnout.
Tim O'Reilly just asked a provocative question, and has repeated it several times. It is:
What business does Red Hat think it's in?Tim's rejoinder to his own question is, "They're an integrator, not a technology company. They should be Dell, not Microsoft."
He has a point. Red Hat has become what it is by integrating and delivering the various components of the Linux operating system. An intriguing and (mostly) valid argument. It doesn't take into account Red Hat's new R&D push, but it does capture what Red Hat does well: deliver an excellent community-driven product.
Posted by Matt Asay on January 19, 2006 10:09 AM
