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Re: Good bye

From: Chris Jones <jonesc(at)hep.phy.cam.ac.uk>
Date: Thu Jan 31 2008 - 14:34:45 EST


Hi, 

>> I prefer the original definition which was effectively 'non-OSS, 
>> binary kernel blob and alike ambivalent' -

>
> Which, once you understand the need for those items, translates pretty
> clearly to user-hostile.

For you, not for me.

> 

>> You may disagree but many people, and I think Fedora in general, 
>> considers this to be good for the user, in the long run.

>
> Yes, I do disagree as I do in other cases where religious beliefs are
> used to justify hostile actions as being 'good' for others. My own
> belief is that the availability of an 'affordable' system (both in price
> and effort to maintain) is much more important than 'free with
> restrictions', and 'affordable' won't happen unless all parties cooperate.

Religion has nothing to do with this, please don't muddy the waters with that can-o-worms.

What you believe is fine, I have some sympathy for your view point. My point is Fedora has placed itself at a particular niche in the linux distro landscape that doesn't match your wishes. I applaud Fedora for the semi-radical stance they take and believe we need a distro out there like that. As much as I believe we need a distro like ubuntu.

> 

>> Ubuntu takes a different view point on what is good for the user, 
>> which seems to match yours better. I personally think we need both 
>> view points, and trying to suggest Fedora should become more like 
>> Ubuntu is a bad idea which will never happen.

>
> I guess whether you think it's good or bad depends on whether you'd like
> more or fewer people to learn RH style administration vs. the
> debian/ubuntu style. I have enough time invested in learning RH style
> that I'd prefer not to start over.

For me that is a non issue. I recently did the switch on one of my home machines and really, once you get over the deb v rpm, apt v yum or sudo v root differences, the differences are really cosmetic. IMHO anyone who knows there way around one distro will not take long to find there way around the other.

Chris 

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