[Ilugc] How far we are going to Compromise ?
- From: mdshah82@xxxxxxxxx (Hassan)
- Date: Mon Aug 21 01:35:20 2006
Hi Binand,
Binand Sethumadhavan <binand@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: On 20/08/06, Hassan wrote:
Redhat is nothing short of a traitor - They gained immense popularity due to
their free (as in cost & freedom) desktop version. But once they were under
limelight, they abandoned their desktop users for their enterprise customers
(If you think FC is any good - think again - it could have been the coolest
distro - something that could have challenged MS - But not anymore). The
truth is many adopt linux because it is free of cost and not because of its
ideology.It is only the community that feels that way. To the normal user in
India, it is just the cost factor that matters.
This is utter nonsense. What exactly do you mean by "abandoned their
desktop users"? Their commitment to Fedora is still active. Their
Enterprise distro is possibly the finest distro ever in terms of
security, scalability and performance.
Can you please let everyone know what Redhat should do to become a
"patriot" once again?
Binand
I will try my best to be polite in my response. I don't understand what you
mean by "Utter nonsense" ? Do you really know the level of importance redhat
attaches to FC ? Fedora doesn't get the kind of funding that it requires from
redhat. If it had, it probably would be doing a much better job than Ubuntu.
Now don't think I'm against Ubuntu - I just believe that redhat had everything
to deliver a great desktop distro that might have competed successfully with
windows.
As for Enterprise distro, I would be thrilled to see it being used by a desktop
user - if that is what you mean. I said pretty clearly that they have alienated
their desktop user base - not the enterprise customers - after all who will
alienate a base that pays so much ? :) So it is not a surprise that their
enterprise version is really cool. What I wanted to emphasize is that they got
popular because of their user friendly desktop distro (I loved RH 8 & 9)... But
once they had enough corporate customers, they sidestepped their desktop
users...
And to become "patriot", they must treat the fedora project on par with their
enterprise distro and fund it accordingly...
regards,
Hassan
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