So if you are confident in your solution and would have had a proper answer, there would not have been any fear. I guess it is the lack of answer or confidence that brings fear. Not the question itself…

I guess, fear is in the eye of the beholder

PS To me that question is a pure business/risk assessement question and there are many ways to reduce that risk, or downplay them if that is an option.

I could see how this is considered FUD for someone looking to call it FUD.

FUD is defined as “a manifestation of the appeal to fear”.

Regards,

Hanno

When the stuff hits the fan, and peoples jobs are on the line why wouldn’t you want to be in bed with someone else?

thanks for the response.

Calling that FUD is a bit over the top IMHO

I’m sorry, no, it definitely is a classic FUD argument.

Regards,

Hanno

Let me first of all apologize for our behaviour. I will try to find out what happened here and will make sure you’ll not get a similar call in future.

However, using FUD is a bit strong IMHO. Red Hat’s differntiator is our support and services around open source. It is a valid point to mention when a sales drone pitches for a customer.

Calling that FUD is a bit over the top IMHO, but please do not take this as personal attack.

Again, my sincere excuses.

Jan Wildeboer
EMEA Evangelist, Red Hat