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Self-described Kubuntu user?
Self-described Kubuntu user?
Posted Oct 12, 2006 15:29 UTC (Thu) by rahulsundaram (subscriber, #21946)In reply to: Self-described Kubuntu user? by ajross
Parent article: How many Fedora users are there?
This isnt about the existence of Fedora or not. This is about understanding more metrics to increase the Red Hat funds on Fedora.
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Self-described Kubuntu user?
Posted Oct 12, 2006 15:36 UTC (Thu) by ajross (subscriber, #4563) [Link]
Please read the rest of the thread, and my posts specifically. I believe I have been very clear about what I mean throughout. Adding one-liner posts to long flame wars like this only cheapens the discussion and gets us side tracked on correction posts like this one. And yes, I realize I am breaking my own rule with this post. :)
Self-described Kubuntu user?
Posted Oct 12, 2006 16:23 UTC (Thu) by rahulsundaram (subscriber, #21946) [Link]
Clarifying a claim that discussion isnt about the justification of the need of Fedora doesnt cheapen the discussion in anyway. Red Hat has already said that it will continue to support a free distribution as recently as https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006...
Self-described Kubuntu user?
Posted Oct 12, 2006 16:44 UTC (Thu) by ajross (subscriber, #4563) [Link]
Red Hat has already said that it will continue to support a free distribution [...]This claim is clearly contradicted, in spirit at least, by the quote I referenced all the way up at the top of this thread. Maintaining a token "community distribution" is largely meaningless if your development resources are being spent on the "non-community" version instead. Thus, my rant.
Sure, many people don't care about this distinction and will continue to use Fedora anyway. But I care. And, as a long-term and formerly loyal user, I thought folks might be interested in why I have abandoned Red Hat. To my eyes, they have simply lost their way. It strikes me that Red Hat's management doesn't understand that Shuttleworth and the folks at Canonical are eating their lunch in the mindshare wars. This kind of thinking is why.
Self-described Kubuntu user?
Posted Oct 12, 2006 16:52 UTC (Thu) by rahulsundaram (subscriber, #21946) [Link]
The contradiction seems to be from your misunderstanding. This is what I have been trying to get across to you. The quote you referenced above was in a discussion related to getting MORE funds alloted to Fedora than what is being currently spend on it.
Red Hat does spend a lot of money in Fedora already. The announcement regarding the foundation explained some of this. More information is available at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Accounting