Delay? Looks bad for Fedora

[Jim Cornette]

Gordon Messmer wrote:
> Mark Hutchinson wrote:
> 
>>
>> The move to fedora was a mistake for RedHat.  I understand why they 
>> did it, but they went too far and discarded loyal users ( some paying 
>> some not.  
> 
> 
> There seem to be a lot of people voicing the opinion that this is a move 
> to abandon the Free Software community.  If they bothered to look into 
> the goals of Fedora Linux, they'd see that Red Hat is addressing the 
> things we've been asking them for over the last several years.
> 
> They've created a brand that can be distributed freely.  You couldn't do 
> that with Red Hat Linux.  The name was trademarked, and that trademark 
> had to be defended.  As a result, cheapbytes.com and others couldn't 
> sell discs branded Red Hat Linux.  They'll be able to sell Fedora Core 
> discs.
> 
> Red Hat has also opened up (or is in the process of doing so) 
> development to their community.  Now the people who use the product will 
> also get their chance to contribute to the development process.  This is 
> something that the Debian community has bragged about for years.  Now 
> that it's a feature of Fedora Core, those same people are talking about 
> it as if it were a drawback.
> 
> Red Hat hasn't abandoned Linux.  They're giving it wings.  Their 
> programmers who previously worked on Red Hat Linux and desktop 
> applications for the distribution will continue working on those 
> applications (if I understand correctly).  The code will be included in 
> Fedora Core before it sees RH Enterprise.  Fedora Core is not an 
> official Red Hat product, but it is funded by Red Hat, and that's 
> something that Debian lacks.
> 
> 


This is the greatest that I have seen the Linux OS state. With the 
addition of having the ability to get programs from different select 
repos, it has really ballooned into a great OS.

I agree with all the statements above. My only worries surround getting 
a hold of repos with questionable programs available.

I think that some sort of security gaurdian might be a great idea to 
prevent snoops and malicious attacks on the more open - open source 
environment though. An implementation of this marvel might be tough to 
accomplish though.

I feel things will keep progressing with this project. The split with 
rawhide compatibility, has me wondering though, about the departure from 
Red Hat Linux and the more fast paced Fedora project.

Jim

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