RedHatCEO: useless desktop Linux

Title: RedHatCEO: Desktop Linux is useless. Linux is a technology channel of the IT lab in China. Includes basic categories such as desktop applications, Linux system management, kernel research, embedded systems, and open source.

Jim whitehust, CEO of Red Hat, recently told CW reporters at Open Source Business Conference (OSBC) that he personally questioned the practical use of desktop Linux, he believes that desktop Linux cannot bring economic benefits to enterprise users. He said: first, he does not think that desktop Linux can make money for users. In addition, only a few people use desktop Linux for key transactions, because they do not plan to pay for the system.

For us, desktop Linux is a little profitable, but it is not much. Whitehirst said that RH also has its own desktop Linux version, but it is only distributed to major customers in need. He also questioned whether desktop Linux could withstand the impact of cloud computing, smart machines, and virtual desktops. Whitehust believes that the concept of desktop itself is a time-out and ridiculous, with a vision to be far away, not to stay on the ground.

Moreover, Whitehirst adds that Microsoft has always refused to connect Evolution to its own Exchange, which is a challenge in itself. Microsoft has absolute dominance in desktop applications.

CW also quoted Vinod Kutty, deputy director of Chicago Mercantile Exchange, as saying: "We also want to change to Linux, but it is difficult to connect many Linux developers, mac is more popular than Linux."

Another participant, Timothy Golden, Unix system security and supply engineer at the Bank of America, agreed, and Golden said that no matter what you think about the future changes of desktop applications, this will not change.

The topic of this Open Source Business Conference held in San Francisco is: end users and Linux: Are there any problems with our participation?

In addition to discussing technical issues, this competition focuses more on whether the success of the server version Linux can be copied to the desktop, and whether the economic crisis can bring the gospel to open-source software. He believes that the economic crisis is "a good opportunity for open-source software", but he is sad because supporters of open-source software have benefited from the suffering of others.