On Fri, 2010-03-12 at 20:51 +0100, Kevin Kofler wrote: > Eric Sandeen wrote: > > Be sure to let our friends in developing countries know that to make > > Fedora's life easier, they'd better get their infrastructure updated > > pronto? > > Developing countries need to, well, DEVELOP their infrastructure. In the > meantime, there are plenty of distributions with fewer updates the people > unlucky enough to be stuck with such outdated infrastructure can use. We > shouldn't let the whole world be restricted by limitations of 80s or 90s > infrastructure out of some misguided principle of inclusiveness or, worse, > political correctness. There needs to be SOME distribution targeted at > modern infrastructure, using the possibilities modern technology allows, and > Fedora is a good candidate, due to our history and objectives. The only > long-term solution to the problem is for those people to get access to > contemporary technologies anyway. If you really want to help these people, > you need to contribute to efforts to upgrade their technology, e.g. through > monetary donations, participation in infrastructure projects etc. Turning > Fedora into a conservative distribution is only a misguided attempt at > curing the symptoms, it does nothing to solve the true problem. So until we get faster Internet, forget about us? You're awfully quick to write off a huge part of the world so that Fedora can match *your* vision for it. Thanks for the party, I'll see myself out. Jonathan
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