hi
On 8/21/06, Hassan <mdshah82@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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...
