On Fri, 1 Oct 2010, Christofer C. Bell wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 11:04 AM, Mike McGrath <mmcgrath@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > I'm pretty sure we ship an enterprise server product. ÂNot a general
> > purpose one. ÂThis shift would focus efforts to virtualization (RH has
> > that) cloud computing (RH is working on that) and middleware (RH has
> > that). ÂThe synergy abounds.
>
> Red Hat loses in the end because of the nature of FOSS software.
> People use FOSS because they want to "own their computers" or as you
> put it "own their destinies." By shifting the Fedora focus to the
> cloud, you lose your user base and Red Hat loses the benefits Fedora
> provides towards polishing the enterprise product(*).
>
> SaaS is nothing without the first S (software). Who takes over the
> first S when Fedora is moving to cover the second S (service)?
>
Fedora won't be moving to cover the second S, we're providing the first S
so others can provide the second S. I'm not saying drop the OS, I'm
saying thin it.
-Mike
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