On 3/14/07, Lyvim Xaphir <knightmerc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Wed, 2007-03-14 at 20:55 -0500, Paul Osunero wrote: > For those who are wondering where the survey is: > > http://www.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/corp/linux?s=corp > > > The discussion at the dell blog shows that people really want Ubuntu > first, Fedora second, and Suse third out of the big three. To be > honest, Ubuntu makes more sense because they'll have legal codecs from > Linspire's CNR and they have commercial support. Fedora lacks these > things right now... > > Still... it would be nice if they added both Ubuntu and Fedora as an > option with "unsupported" next to whatever distribution they don't go > with. Users care less about distros that don't work in the real world. Because of the self-flagellating ideological crusade adopted by Fedora, they are now second fiddle to Ubuntu. ESR has been telling them that for many moons now. The primary function of an operating system is to serve the user; thru greater technical merit, and not to pick a religion for the user. Whenever an operating system devolves from that former purpose, it basically removes itself from the domain of the user. That's what's happening to Fedora now, because of the Alan Cox's and the Greg KH's and the Andrew Mortons of the world. The Ubuntu guys realize that programmers have the right to license their code however they please, and that it's not the purpose or stated goal of the OS to dictate code licensing choice. The purpose of the OS is to run user programs, and not to force use of it's developer's favorite licenses. Ideology is the _user's_ domain, not the OS's. That's why Ubuntu will continue to clean Fedora's clock.
I regret starting this thread now. -- Fedora Core 6 and proud
