On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 19:27 -0400, Marcel Rieux wrote: > On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 7:22 PM, Kevin Martin <kevintm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > > This has nothing to do with "who broke what". This has > everything to do > with attempting to make Fedora, and other Linux variants, > mainstream > enough for the common person to use. > > Have you seen Taxi Driver? There's a reply where De Niro says "Do like > me." So people here can't think beyond their own view. They believe > "the druggist from Toledo" should do like them. > > Red Hat may be behaving like it's following Sun's road, Ubuntu and > Google might be reaping newcomers by the thousands, they don't give a > shit. They're the real ones and they'll be fighting until the last > stand. > > It's no use to try to make them understand that a distro needs a user > base as wide as possible. Their only answer will be: if you like > Windows, why don't you use it? > > I decided to lose as little time as possible discussing with these > people. It only adds noise to the discussion. ---- seems to me that the comments above by both quoted parties is just noise. The only answer should and can only be if you think Sun, Ubuntu, Google or Microsoft software better suits your needs, you should use it. Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines