Former Red Hat employees set up Linux firm
Two former Red Hat employees have started their own Linux company, called Specifix, marketing a Red Hat-compatible version of Linux that users can modify to fit their business-specific needs - but still retain support. Ken Knuttila, co-founder and chief executive officer of Specifix said the company's Linux product differs from those of Red Hat and Novell's SuSE because once a user modifies a Red Hat or SuSE distribution, its service agreement is nullified, destroying what Specifix said is one of the most valuable aspects of Linux - the freedom to modify.
"Although Linux is an open-source distribution, in a way it's kind of frozen in time. What we consider to be the big advantage of open source is that you can actually go and make changes to make it more suitable for your own use," Knuttila said.
"It makes it very difficult with the way Red Hat and SuSE deliver their packages and services for them to cope with you making changes."
