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Defining the Fedora ProjectDefining the Fedora ProjectPosted Oct 15, 2009 12:53 UTC (Thu) by nix (subscriber, #2304)Parent article: Defining the Fedora Project
I don't get it. What's wrong with simply producing the best OS you can? Why do you need a 'mission' and 'values' and all that corporate-management garbage? Does this sort of cod-philosophising do any good to anyone?
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Defining the Fedora Project Posted Oct 15, 2009 18:00 UTC (Thu) by ewan (subscriber, #5533) [Link]
The problem is in deciding what is 'better' or 'best' in any given situation without some clear idea of what you're trying to achieve. A clear case in point would be the existing difference between Fedora and RHEL; a decision that might make Fedora a better OS could make RHEL a worse one.
Defining the Fedora Project Posted Oct 17, 2009 3:45 UTC (Sat) by smoogen (subscriber, #97) [Link]
These things show up when an organization grows past a certain size.. mainly because the Venn diagram of common items becomes too complicated for the human mind to see "whats most in common (all the circles)" and "whats somewhat in common (some of the circles)".
I think many people would say we are once again re-inventing the history of Debian :). There was a certain point in its history where the major discussion was not what the next release was but "What does Debian Free mean" and "Why do we need a debian-legal?" At that point the various statements became more firmed up.
But to better answer your question: http://xkcd.com/592/
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