Re: Fedora Desktop future- RedHat moves

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On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 2:43 PM, Robin Laing
<Robin.Laing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I came across this article and as a Fedora user at home and work, I think
> this is important to know.
>
>  A few weeks ago, there was a discussion about Ubuntu on this list and I
> feel that this is part of that discussion.
>
>  ----Article link----
>
>  The Biggest Blunder: Or why Red Hat and Novell just left the door wide open
> to Ubuntu
>  http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/102011/index.html
>
>  In recent announcements both Red Hat and Novell made it pretty clear that
> their foray onto the desktop would be delayed quite a bit longer. What they
> do not know is that they just left the door wide open for Ubuntu to conquer
> the desktop and the server space.
>  ----/Article link-----
>
>
>  Basically, both Novell and RedHat are backing away from pushing Linux to
> the desktop.  But Ubuntu is not backing away.
>
>  As a Fedora user, I see this as an issue.  At home I need games and the
> applications that my family use.  To date I have not had issues with Fedora
> up to 7.  When I updated my machines at home, there were applications that I
> couldn't get for F8 so I installed F7.  I have not checked to see if these
> are available for F8 at present.  But they were available for the latest
> release of Ubuntu.
>
>  I am interested in others views on this.


By the way, this article has little to do with Fedora itself.

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