On Thu, 20 May 2004 19:54:49 -0400 (EDT), "William Hooper" <whooperhsd3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> said: > Please point me to where you see "shrinkerapped retail release". It's not in there, of course. But, do ypu really believe RedHat is running a charity? Fedora is a testbed, and one of the things RedHat has said it will do in the future, if/when it is warranted, is re-enter the retail market. In any case, technical merit does not equate with "hard to use". I made it clear I was considering typical retail customers. I know that offends some people who seem to think that Linux ought to be maintained as a rite of passage, but there you go...