Comments on: Dear Red Hat…

By: Ian Hammond

Ian Hammond — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 14:04:05 +0000

Here here!!!

By: Marius

Marius — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:38:21 +0000

I keep forgetting and you keep mentioning this. Yes its windows based, they did what vmware has always done, rush to market to get market share. Its normal business, the difference is that RH will soon switch to a linux console and if they keep true to their spirit as they have done in the past (see netscape planet) they will open source their software under gpl2 this or that and in the end the community wins. you are also part of the community.

free software might be the only chance we have at peace so give it a chance …

By: Marius

Marius — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:32:56 +0000

Most definitely this should be vFUD. RH is not just an OS vendor as much as VMware is not just a hypervisor vendor.

I am quite sure VMware wishes they were an os vendor and lets not overlook vmware little silly move the past weeks with the new licensing. They are the ones being greedy and in the end they screwed you, me, their customers and partners and will continue to do so.

RedHat is not far behind but lets be serious its like comparing hitler to bush jr.

By: IanH

IanH — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 08:05:14 +0000

This site should not be called vcritical but RHcritical or perhaps vmwarefanbois. The vmware rhetoric is in my opinion quite sickening.

By: Eric Gray

Eric Gray — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 17:59:07 +0000

Uh, one is an operating system vendor and the other is not.

It would be like VMware shipping a virtual appliance that only worked on Xen.

By: Jaime

Jaime — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 14:55:06 +0000

Dunno what’s all the fuzz about RHEV-M on Windows….

“The VirtualCenter Server is supported as a service on the 32‐bit versions of these operating systems:
Windows 2000 Server SP4 with Update Rollup 1 (Update Rollup 1 can be downloaded from here )
Windows XP Pro SP2
Windows 2003 Server SP1 (all releases except 64‐bit)
Windows 2003 Server R2″

So, it’s just like that. One vendor can make Windows a requirement but another no? IMHO vCritical = vFUD

By: Dmitry

Dmitry — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 08:18:56 +0000

Thank you, kgabriel!
These are the keywords I needed.

By: kgabriel

kgabriel — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 03:03:03 +0000

Dmitry,

If you really think CentOS and Debian “rules” servers, you should do more homework. Red Hat runs in enterprise environments where stability, certification, tech support and having a trusted technology partner are essential.

By: Dmitry

Dmitry — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 02:30:39 +0000

I wonder, who uses Red Hat and for what purpose? Seriously, what is the benefit: tech support or something? I know from my experience that desktop users really need latest software, it’s a fact.This is so much not Red Hat. So, the only niche for Red Hat is probably servers, where CentOS (yes, I know, it’s basically Red Hat) or Debian rules. So, what is the purpose of using Red Hat?

By: kgabriel

kgabriel — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:26:30 +0000

Greedy? I have seen the cost of a VMWare renewal to a customer. THAT is greedy…

For some customers, the cost of their VMWare environment is more expensive than the hardware and the OS costs…

THAT is pure greed.

BTW, VMWare… why did you buy Springsource and Zimbra and RabbitMQ? I thought you were a HYPERVISOR.