Delay? Looks bad for Fedora

[Albert DE WINT]

> > There seem to be a lot of people voicing the opinion that this is a move
> > to abandon the Free Software community. 

On the contrary, the Freed Software Community will benefit (a lot).
> 
> That didn't seem to be what the poster was saying.
> He was expressing the view -- which I share --
> was that the development may be bad _for RedHat_.
> 
> To me, the RH/Fedora thing is just very confusing,
> and I don't want to spend a lot of time thinking (or reading) about it.

I have been reading about it. I surely clarifies the situation.
> 
> I'm actually running Fedora on one desktop, and RH-9.0 on another,
> and both are running perfectly.
> But I knew exactly where I was with RH-6-7-8-9,
> and I don't feel I know exactly where I am with Fedora.

You will; just read about it ;-)
> 
> Like many others, I am occasionally asked about commercial installations,
> and I've always recommended RedHat.
> I probably still will do so, but not with the same enthusiasm.

You may need some time to feel confy about it.
> 
> So I don't think RedHat is wicked --
> I just think they may have made a commercial mistake.

They made a wise decision.  RH heavily is supporting Fedora.