What does "enterpise" mean?

[Jerry Hicks]

On Monday, July 21, 2003, at 04:38  PM, Brett Glass wrote:

> At 01:17 PM 7/21/2003, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
>
>> What does Unix for the enterprise mean to you?
>
> Easy. "For the enterprise" == "For big corporate customers with
> pointy-haired bosses who are impressed by bells and whistles
> that they really don't need."
>
> --Brett Glass
>

In the case of one major Linux vendor's enterprise products they are 
even pitching 'longer release cycles' as a product feature.

"We're repackaging stale open source software and charging you extra 
for it."

Oddly enough, all the pointy hairs I know think that is a good thing.

Cheers,

Jerry Hicks