On Nov 3, 2003, at 11:40 AM, Bart Garst wrote:

> I'm curious to know what you fellow RedHat users are planning to do 
> when
> RedHat Linux gets End-of-life'd?

Well I never used any Linux as my primary desktop so you really weren't 
talking to me. What I want to know is whether Red Hat abandoned the 
desktop market because they thought it had no future or because  they 
simply think there is no money in it. If it is the latter, then Red Hat 
is only confirming what Nautilus already demonstrated.

I have heard that even MS barely makes money on selling their OS to end 
users. The big bucks come from their OEM operation. And MS can leverage 
their practical monopoly on what ships with new machines to encourage 
OS upgrades for older machines.

We know that MS is trying to push their customers to a subscription 
model but I haven't  heard that they have been successful to date.