Hi Rodilfo, Ur right.No doubt about it.I just wanted to convey that its a bit confusing for end-users.I just hope my FC3 (which im yet to install) doent get outdated just after fc4 is released. Problem is that im not willing to wait until this and i cant get its update too early(and its costly). :) Rajev On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 12:27:06 -0600, Rodolfo J. Paiz <rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 2005-02-04 at 23:22 +0530, Rajev Mhasawade wrote: > > But isnt 2-3 releases of Fedora in a year make users run for updates > > every now and then?We are used to 3-4 years gap from windows.For those > > who dont have access to net (TG im not one of them) its more hard. > > Win98 support is yet available (or needed) unlike Fedora1 which > > support is ended up :(( I thought i have got latest one when i saw (C) > > 2004 but shocked to see its past now! > > Windows is different from Fedora in at least two major ways that you > have to keep in mind: > > 1. Windows has always cost several HUNDRED dollars for a copy, and > they sell many millions of copies. They *promised* and *committed* to > providing that long-term support, and people paid lots of money to get > it. Fedora, on the other hand, costs you $0. But its development and > support still costs someone money/time/effort, and they can only provide > that support for a certain length of time. > > 2. The goal of Windows is to be a product with maximum profitability > for Microsoft. Nothing wrong with that! I want my products to be > profitable for me too. But it means they don't make changes frequently > and don't incorporate new technology as quickly. Fedora, on the other > hand, *wants* to move forward as quickly as possible; and this means > that therefore there must be new versions released more frequently. > > You cannot get all three benefits (long-term support, low or no cost, > and frequent/quick improvements) at once; you can only have two: > > * Improvements and support = high cost > * Low cost and support = few or no improvements > * Low cost with improvements = short-term support > > There is nothing wrong with any of those scenarios... they are simply > different and suited to different users, tasks, and environments. Fedora > is zero cost and improved frequently but with short-term support. > > Cheers, > > -- > Rodolfo J. Paiz <rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | R A J E V M H A S A W A D E | ------------------------------------------------------------------------
