>> I'm sorry if I sound like a curmudgeon but this is just what happens >> when you hear developers promising the world year after year and the >> world simply never showing up. > >Point(s) taken. I won't argue - you are right. > >However, I'd just like to flag up the popularity of Knoppix. >Who really would have predicted two years ago that it would be common >for people to hand out live CDs at public meetings, or engineers take >along a Knoppix CD to rescue and diagnose sick systems (I do). >At the UKUUG meeting there was a presentation from Sunderland University >on preparing custom Knoppix CDs for their staff and students this year. >Other places will be doing similar. >I fully recognise this is a different scenario. Actually, development of this idea is "in process". See (http://page.axiom-developer.org/zope/mathaction/doyen) The idea is to develop a live CD that can be given out at scientific conferences. These CDs would allow a scientist to share their work by working on a common repository (the mother doyen) using a common platform (the daughter doyen). This would open up a new market for Fedora, building and maintaining a custom scientific ecosystem. Tim Daly daly@xxxxxxxx
