On Thu, 2007-03-15 at 00:07 -0500, Arthur Pemberton wrote: > > > > Users care less about distros that don't work in the real world. > > Because of the self-flagellating ideological crusade adopted by Fedora, > > they are now second fiddle to Ubuntu. ESR has been telling them that > > for many moons now. > > > > The primary function of an operating system is to serve the user; thru > > greater technical merit, and not to pick a religion for the user. > > Whenever an operating system devolves from that former purpose, it > > basically removes itself from the domain of the user. That's what's > > happening to Fedora now, because of the Alan Cox's and the Greg KH's and > > the Andrew Mortons of the world. The Ubuntu guys realize that > > programmers have the right to license their code however they please, > > and that it's not the purpose or stated goal of the OS to dictate code > > licensing choice. The purpose of the OS is to run user programs, and > > not to force use of it's developer's favorite licenses. Ideology is the > > _user's_ domain, not the OS's. That's why Ubuntu will continue to clean > > Fedora's clock. > > I regret starting this thread now. This is not about dumping on Fedora. It runs much deeper than that. I run FC6 and for the record, I've never loaded Ubuntu. In addition, there are enough nod-and-wink repos to get Fedora functional; with effort, which I don't mind. But factually, that does not change what is happening. LX -- °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° A Kernel Of Socialism greatunwashed: module license 'great_unwashed' taints kernel. ich: no version for "unwashed_register_device" found: kernel tainted. Symbol usb_register_driver is being used by a non-GPL module, which will not be allowed in the future Please see the file Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt in the kernel source tree for more details. °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°
