Gould: Oracle to Red Hat: It's Not Your Father's Linux Market Anymore

Gould: Oracle to Red Hat: It's Not Your Father's Linux Market Anymore

I think the point that gets forgotten in the flamefests about what "proprietary" means, exactly, is that companies are not exclusively producers, and individual hobbyists (for lack of a better term) are not exclusively consumers, in the Free Software universe.

Of course, this is a crucial difference.

Other than that, the analysis was IMHO actually quite right in its assessment of typical corporate involvement of both Linux producers and consumers.