Three Observations

[Les Mikesell]

Les wrote:

>>>>> As for Skype and for anything closed source, Fedora realistically
>>>>> cannot support such applications.
>>>> What do you mean by 'support'?  Applications only need a working and 
>>>> documented interface provided by the operating system.  Is Fedora a 
>>>> poor choice to provide that?
>>>>
>>> No.  But whose fault is it when something goes wrong?

>> If the application works on other systems, then it's pretty likely that 
>> the OS version is not providing the standard interface as documented.

> Or that the ones where it works are not correct, but were possibly the
> ones used to develop it?

Yes, it is an unfortunate side effect of free software that developers 
have little reason to maintain backwards compatibility even with their 
own previously released work.

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   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell at gmail.com