2014-02-04 Matthew Miller <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 05:51:31AM -0500, Christian Schaller wrote: >> What I mean to say is that Red Hat has a business motive to support the >> Fedora community, if supporting Fedora was a pure act of charity then I >> think organizations like the Red Cross or Unicef would have a much better >> chance of getting the money. > > This is certainly true, but the benefits to Red Hat also go far beyond the > immediate return on investment. And, many of those benefits simply do not > happen for Red Hat if the company does not _genuinely_ invest in community > support, including beyond current, obvious product connections. I know you > know that, but it doesn't come across clearly in your statements. > > And, of course, for many Red Hatters, it's deeper than the cold financial > calculus. We care about this project and its values, and that's why we're > here. > > -- > Matthew Miller -- Fedora Project -- <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Thank you Matt, I was very concerned about this statement indeed. Haikel, you got the point of my thought too :) -- Robert Mayr (robyduck) -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
