Re: Fedora on Macs, removing the release criterion

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On 11/13/2016 01:46 PM, Ms Sanchez wrote:
> 
> 
> On 11/11/16 14:33, Stephen Gallagher wrote:
>>
>> Just to address this specifically, I am referring to Apple's penchant for
>> stuffing their machines with hardware from vendors that don't play well with
>> open-source (for example, switching to wifi-only devices and shipping Broadcom
>> chipsets with no open-source drivers). Then also playing games with their
>> bootloader system so that we have to go through lots of hoops to trick it into
>> letting us install.
>>
>> Apple's entire business model is predicated on the idea that they know best and
>> you should only ever run software on their devices that they have provided to
>> you... at a substantial percentage for themselves. They do whatever they can at
>> a technical level to enable this.
>>
>> (Note: I'm not attempting to vilify Apple here. Their devices are usually
>> sturdy, well-constructed and certainly attractive. They are however a company
>> trying to make money and they have a certain business model that is largely
>> dependent on *not* enabling us.)
>>
>>
> 
> Apple's business model is based on selling you a golden cage.  They are entitled
> to do that and we are entitled to dislike it.

Certainly. My point is that I don't feel that we are necessarily responsible for
working around their antagonism either. Yes, it would be nice if Fedora
supported all hardware ever made. But the simple truth is that Apple tries very
hard to make it *not* work. They have a vested interest in that.

So I assert that while support for Apple hardware is desirable, I don't believe
that the lack of it should prevent us from shipping Fedora for all the other
hardware that we do support.


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