The problem here, of course, is that the number of CPUs that can run Linux is steadily increasing. Finding a distribution that supports the Sparc is not hard, even in the absence of Red Hat 7. Linux is far bigger than any one Linux company, and it is important that people understand that. Very few people in the Linux community are interested in wars, holy or otherwise. Competition there most certainly is, but that's a different story.
Holy wars are the creation of media outlets searching for a more compelling story.
These creations present a poor image of our community, to say the least. Take a dig through the source code of most popular operating systems, from Windows 2000 to the growing crop of open source reinterpretations of Unix, and chances are you'll find artifacts of architectural and design decisions dating back to the Tet Offensive. Linux is also new where it counts - where better ways of doing things have been found. Those who would portray Linux as a relic of the past are showing ignorance of both the value of experience and the real nature of Linux. My trip to the Mandrake Web site was, well, interesting.