Red Hat CEO: Use Windows, it's better
WinNetMag | at | by Mike
You just can't make this stuff up. Matthew Szulik, the CEO of Linux maker Red Hat, said this week that Windows was a better choice on the desktop than, yes, Linux. "I would say that for the consumer market place, Windows probably continues to be the right product line," Szulik said. "From the device-driver standpoint and perhaps some of the other traditional functionality, for that classic consumer purchaser, it is my view that [Linux] needs to mature a little bit more." Szulik even discussed the horrors of what would happen if his own father tried to purchase a computer running Linux today. "We know painfully well what happens," he said. "He will try to get it installed and either doesn't have a positive experience or puts a lot of pressure on ... support systems." But don't despair, Linux lovers: Szulik says Linux will get there in a few years and is perfectly capable today for many business scenarios. "We think that the enterprise desktop market place is much more strategic and has buyers whose needs we can exceed," he added.