On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 12:55 PM, Tom Horsley <tom.horsley@xxxxxxx> wrote: >> because it gives me a chance >> to try to bust the NUMBER ONE MYTH about Fedora -- that Fedora is "just >> a beta for RHEL" > > Well, I suppose he can try to bust the myth all he wants, but > available evidence consistently indicates that Fedora is where > things get beta tested before they appear in redhat. That's > why it is OK that NetworkManager isn't backwards compatible > and doesn't properly support wildly uncommon configurations > like "static IP" :-). That's why it is OK that gdm isn't backwards > compatible and doesn't support wildly uncommon things like > saving your session state. That's why Fedora users got to find > all the fun problems with SELINUX before they dumped it on > paying customers who might have reacted with torches and > pitchforks. > > I like having a beta release of redhat - it gives me a place to > test my software to find out what is gonna break in a future > redhat release, that's why I run fedora, but please don't ever > try to convince me fedora isn't primarily a beta for redhat, > there are just too many facts standing in the way. All the evidence you have stated points to Fedora being a ground zero for ALOT of software development in Linux. The fact that the people who pay a lot, most of Fedora's bills is benefiting from this fact should be one to be happy about. -- Fedora 9 : sulphur is good for the skin ( www.pembo13.com ) -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines