On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 12:30 PM, Linuxguy123 <linuxguy123@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, 2008-12-07 at 14:54 -0500, 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. " > > > a) The question about how much money Redhat spends on Fedora is > irrelevant. Redhat needs Fedora. Redhat didn't decide to support > Fedora out of the goodness of their hearts. Fedora users are Redhat's > key to innovation. > > b) The above quote doesn't say anything about the intended software > quality in the Fedora project. All it says is that its a test bed. > That doesn't mean its a testbed of beta software. As a matter of fact, > how can you gauge the usefulness of a piece of software if its beta > quality ? Seriously? Am I just misreading? I don't see it defined as a test bed there. -- 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
