--- Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > --- Francis Earl <lunitik@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > if rh desktop was not doing what customers want, > > they would not buy it > > > just for support. > > > > That's just it, RH Desktop _does_ do what it's > > customers want... thing > > is, what is the target audience of RH Desktop? > > > > Consumers expect an entirely different set of > > functionality, and today, > > Linux is still behind the curb there. The groups > > that are packaging > > Linux to target these groups aren't doing a very > > good job of advertising > > and educating those users either. They are simply > > facilitating the kinds > > of things that made FOSS appealing in the first > > place, they are > > continuing to allow users to be locked into > > proprietary models. > > > > Who is that helping? You think users would > continue > > to use AAC (iPOD) or > > MP3 etc if they knew they do not own that media > they > > just paid $1 for? > > Apple is currently the largest distributor of > music > > in the world, users > > can't even share that music with their friends > > legally. One dollar is a > > small figure, but how much is Apple making for > > basically just allowing > > users to listen? > > > Apparently some of the MP3 patents are supposedly > dying out, but not so soon :( > > http://www.tunequest.org/a-big-list-of-mp3-patents/20070226/ > > As for the apple Ipod, and others they can get > hacked > and unpaid music can be placed onto them. I have > some > students that are very bright in this area, they put > music onto cell phones without paying for the music. > > They are sharp with computers and electronics but > ask > them about academics and they do not answer. They > do need here word "not" > They do not need to be dissapointed with Apple as > they do not care > what they do, they know that someone, somewhere is > working to ensure that they can do other things > that > Apple did not want them to do. :) > > Regards, > > Antonio > > > > Users do that willingly though, and complain if > > they're not able to be > > ripped off in such ways. That is what RedHat is > > fighting in the consumer > > space, and why they aren't willing to invest > > millions trying to appeal > > to these people. > > > > -- > > fedora-list mailing list > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe: > > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Be a better friend, newshound, and > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Regards, Antonio ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
