On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 1:54 PM, <homburg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, 7 Dec 2008 13:18:52 -0600 > "Arthur Pemberton" <pemboa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 1:07 PM, <homburg@xxxxxxxxxx> >> > >> > I think that Max was either a tad disingenuous or, >> > possibly, unaware of the economic model. Redhat spends >> > considerable sums on Fedora and has a fiduciary >> > obligation to its shareholders. There is nothing wrong >> > with that. Not at all. Fedora is a great "product." I >> > accept it for what it is. >> >> >> While Fedora is beholden to the hand at feeds it, >> Fedora's primary goal is _not_ to please RedHat. >> > Here is Red Hat's Statement in their most recent 10-K > filed with the SEC in June: > > "Red Hat's participation in the community-driven development > process is illustrated by Red Hat's sponsorship role in the > Fedora Project and the JBoss.org communities. Our > participation in the Fedora Project and the JBoss.org > communities enables us to leverage the efforts of this > international community, which we believe allows us to > reduce both cost and development time, and lower the risk > of including products and features in our technologies that > the market and the community will not accept and support. > Thus, we are able to use the Fedora Project and the > JBoss.org communities as proving grounds and virtual > laboratories for new technology that we can draw upon for > inclusion in our enterprise technologies. Additionally, the > open and transparent nature of these projects provides our > clients and potential clients with access and insights to > the direction of these projects. " So you respond to my statement of what _Fedora's_ objectives are with a statement of what _RedHat's_ objectives are? Is the fact that they explicitly refer to Fedora are a community in which they participate not relevant to you? Giving and taking from the community -- isn't that a definition of a community member? -- 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
