On Mon, 29 Oct 2018 10:02:32 -0700 ToddAndMargo via users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 10/29/18 8:12 AM, Eddie O'Connor wrote: > > I feel as though I've been kicked in the back of the neck.....by Bruce > > Lee! I don't presume to know the first thing about corporations, > > mergers, and long term financials,.... And while Red Hat was a > > corporation per se.....I've always loved Fedora for being different, for > > being the odd distro that was backed by a major corporation ....but was > > still able to support itself independently. Now? I'm just "leery". I > > don't know what plans IBM has for their new found "toy".....& I'd rather > > not be surprised as others have said. So the question is: > > Are there any .rpm-based distros that would make a good replacement for > > Fedora?.... > > > > Heartbroken in the world of Open Source. > > > > EGO II > > Wonderfully stated. The announcement took my breath away. I hope > Fedora gets spun off. Unlike the IBM of today, Redhat was not really your average capitalist enterprise so they supported Fedora. They had a long view which is not permitted by markets.....In any case, I doubt that Fedora or OSS is an example of any kind of capitalism. A good place to start looking for that would be Somalia. -- Important Notice: This mailbox is ignored: e-mails are set to be deleted on receipt. Please respond to the mailing list if appropriate. For those needing to send personal or professional e-mail, please use appropriate addresses. _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx