Ok - now before we go jumping off a bridge, following the herd -
Did I miss something here? He is using Fidora Core 2 . . . . .. at work!
I do believe when I went to download Fidora for my new beast at home,I read:
"The Fedora Project is a Red Hat sponsored and community-supported open
source project. It is not a supported product of Red Hat, Inc." It even
guides you to that spot - directing you with Bleeding edge Linux technology
for developers and technology enthusiasts using Linux in non-critical
computing environments.
Then there are the products for CORPORATE DESKTOP ! Now, I am willing
to bet you won't find this screensaver on the Corporate Desktop Product,
because that is tested and checked, and for Corporate Use - that is why THEY
WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR IT !
This screen saver us obviously written by a volunteer, for no financial
compensation - and included in your free download, because it is servicable.
It does the job it was intended to do - Screensaver - and his FREE product
you downloaded included a side joke some Geek wrote into it. Surprise!
If the company wants to be safe - they should pay for a copy of Red Hat
Desktop. Anyone taking their own personal computer to work has to be careful
what they have loaded on it.
My point ? If you got this cutting edge technology for FREE - don't jump down
Red Hat's throat like they charged you as much as Mr. Gates for it - when
they are telling you they do not support it - because you find one some
pimple popping geek who wrote a screen saver for free, and gave it away
slipped an of color joke in on you. Just write a nice report - and let Red
Hat take the screensaver off.
Obviously I am NOT the only Hacker out here laughing about this.
AC
Message: 1
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2004 22:47:18 -0700
From: Kenneth Porter <shiva@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Inappropriate content in Fedora Core 2
To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
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--On Thursday, August 05, 2004 10:07 PM -0700 Timothy Payne <tim@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Red Hat needs to remember it's products will be used in a corporate world
> that freaks out at the drop of a hat, even a red one. The computer you
> use at work is not yours it belongs to the company that paid for it,
> along with your email running on their network.
And what's displayed on it is not the property of the company, but the US
Government and the most easily-offended person in your community, no matter
how irrational. The corporations freak out because they're right in the
cross hairs of moronic laws (albeit written with good intentions, but we
know where that road leads).
This is yet another example of why we need to be vigilant about repressive
laws, even when we can't imagine them being used against us. Because some
prosecutor or civil attorney trying to get a promotion and make a name for
himself will do so.
More reasons to be scared can be found here:
