Re: Fedora Desktop future- RedHat moves

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--- Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> --- Francis Earl <lunitik@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > > if rh desktop was not doing what customers want,
> > they would not buy it
> > > just for support.
> > 
> > That's just it, RH Desktop _does_ do what it's
> > customers want... thing
> > is, what is the target audience of RH Desktop?
> > 
> > Consumers expect an entirely different set of
> > functionality, and today,
> > Linux is still behind the curb there. The groups
> > that are packaging
> > Linux to target these groups aren't doing a very
> > good job of advertising
> > and educating those users either. They are simply
> > facilitating the kinds
> > of things that made FOSS appealing in the first
> > place, they are
> > continuing to allow users to be locked into
> > proprietary models.
> > 
> > Who is that helping? You think users would
> continue
> > to use AAC (iPOD) or
> > MP3 etc if they knew they do not own that media
> they
> > just paid $1 for?
> > Apple is currently the largest distributor of
> music
> > in the world, users
> > can't even share that music with their friends
> > legally. One dollar is a
> > small figure, but how much is Apple making for
> > basically just allowing
> > users to listen?
> >
> Apparently some of the MP3 patents are supposedly
> dying out, but not so soon :(
> 
>
http://www.tunequest.org/a-big-list-of-mp3-patents/20070226/
> 
> As for the apple Ipod, and others they can get
> hacked
> and unpaid music can be placed onto them.  I have
> some
> students that are very bright in this area, they put
> music onto cell phones without paying for the music.
> 
> They are sharp with computers and electronics but
> ask
> them about academics and they do not answer.  They
> do

need here word "not"

> They do not  need to be dissapointed with Apple as >
they do not care
> what they do, they know that someone, somewhere is
> working to ensure that they can do other things >
that
> Apple did not want them to do. :)
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Antonio 
> > 
> > Users do that willingly though, and complain if
> > they're not able to be
> > ripped off in such ways. That is what RedHat is
> > fighting in the consumer
> > space, and why they aren't willing to invest
> > millions trying to appeal
> > to these people.
> > 
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Regards,

Antonio 


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