On Mon, 2004-03-15 at 12:44, Tony Earnshaw wrote:
man, 15.03.2004 kl. 15.57 skrev Norman P. B. Joseph: Agreed that RH 9 -> Fedora core 1. But Red Hat itself has said that Fedora is for the birds. Red Hat offers nothing guaranteed stable outside subscription, the alternative is Prodigy (?=RH substitute worth nothing as far as the future goes), or similar.
Woah, wait a second here. FC is not "for the birds". I will grant you it has been branded as "unstable" but it is just as stable as any of the other distributions out there who are innovating. If Ximian is not willing to support FC then they will lose a possible market. It's that simple. Is it really that hard for Ximian to figure out where files are located and build your proprietary product on/for FC. I don't konw... RH simply wanted to provide something between windows and Linux/GNU (go figure) for corporations who are conservative and have done so by limiting innovation and improvements in their subscription versions. This longer release cycle allows lazy IT managers to do nothing for longer periods of time. ;) Personally I see this as a mistake because RH is ruining the innovation of their product. They may get some kickbacks (fresh ideas/software) from FC but overall they are going to become slow and bloated (even more so some may say) and out of date. This move may capture some market share in the short term but the long term looks bleak for new features and exciting new developments. Think of FC as the young, hip kid. Someone who is willing to try new things, while REL as an older person set in their ways, being rock solid performing the same task over and over again, refusing to change. I use FC on my laptop. I am very happy with it and cannot wait for the improvements of FC2. Pick your poison. Chris -- Software Engineering IV, McMaster University PGP Public Key: http://nesser.org/pgp-key/ 13:17:19 up 4:08, 3 users, load average: 0.01, 0.06, 0.09 Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
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