Re: Fedora Desktop future- RedHat moves

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On Mon, 2008-04-28 at 16:56 -0400, Bill Davidsen wrote:
> Francis Earl wrote:
> > On Mon, 2008-04-28 at 07:58 +0930, Tim wrote:
> >> Tim:
> >>>> A big company taking the moral stand versus a handful of users taking an
> >>>> opposite moral stand.  Guess which one wins?
> >> Francis Earl:
> >>> I don't see how setting up livna, or complaining about the contents
> >>> therein not being in Fedora is a moral stand? It's just lazy and/or
> >>> ignorant.
> >> Do I really need to spell it out?  In the red corner we have a company
> >> that has taken a stand on what they will and won't do.  In the blue
> >> corner we have a user that has taken a stand that if the system doesn't
> >> do what they think it should do, to hell with them...
> >>
> >> Both sides are posturing about principles, but he's no David, and
> >> Goliath isn't disturbed.
> > 
> > Using that analogy, Ubuntu is Davids stone... throw away.
> > 
> > People that use Fedora believe in its philosophies, if they're not for
> > you, there are around 300 more distros to pick and choose from.
> > 
> > Having that many distros should be proof enough that one size doesn't
> > fit all.
> > 
> > Given the breadth of choices available to the Linux user, why should
> > RedHat cave to those that believe playing an MP3 out of the box is worth
> > risking their company over?
> > 
> > Fedora has never been intended for your Grandparents, it is intended for
> > people that wish to play with the latest and greatest Linux has to
> > offer.
> > 
> Grandparents != casual users
> 
+1

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