On Sun, May 10, 2015 at 09:42:28AM +0100, Richard Turner wrote: > On 10 May 2015 06:45, "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I think they have the right idea. Instead of a survey, put a page like > > this at the download site for Workstation. I'd pay two bucks to > > download Fedora Workstation - compared to $160 for Windows 8.1 Pro > > it's a no-brainer. If people want media players, let them vote for > > them with money. If people want the KDE desktop or the Design spin or > > the audio spin or whatever - things they can easily install with the > > netinstall disk - let them vote for them with money. > > I think that has an ugly subtext. Contrary to "we want and value your > input" it's more "we'll endure your input if you pay us to". Hardly a good > way to better engage with the wider community. Not only that, but Fedora has no way to accept money for this, so it's highly unlikely to happen. -- Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ The open source story continues to grow: http://opensource.com -- desktop mailing list desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop
