[KLUG Members] Redhat's commitment to the desktop?

[members@kalamazoolinux.org]

>Someone at the last meeting (a first time attendee, and possible spy
>from Redmond :) said that Redhat has given up on putting Linux on the
>desktop and is now going exclusively after the server market.
>Can someone substantiate this, as either being fact or fiction, with a
>URL?  

What *WAS* true.  In several past press releases RedHat had stated they we're
focused on the server market and viewed Sun Micro, etc... as their competitors.

>Preferably a URL from a domain name that holds some credibility,
>like redhat.com . . .   I can't find it anywhere, and I'm reluctant to
>believe it since the new Redhat 8.0 targets the desktop!

Right,  thier project "NULL" is targeted at the desktop, based upon a
integration of GNOME, KDE, Open Office, and Ximian.  The blue curve themeing is
one of the results of that project, where GNOME1, GNOME2, and Qt/KDE apps all
appear more or less the same.  

BTW, RedHat is still a GNOME supported/company but they understand that
joe-pabst-blue-ribbon-six-pack isn't going to get the
X11/GNOME/KDE/{insert-widget-set-here} thing.