On Wed, 2006-09-27 at 12:01 -0500, Fibonacci Prower wrote: > > > 2006/9/27, Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxx>: > On Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 11:42:56AM -0500, Fibonacci Prower > wrote: > > And while they do, what? Stop using their programs and hope > they'll still > > care about the Linux community to make a new version? > > I guess its like other proprietary software that broke forever > due to windows > upgrades and the like. Its part of the nature of proprietary > software. > > Which propietary software as ubiquitous as Flash broke forever due to > Windows upgrades? > > > Most likely someone will soon reverse engineer skype entirely, > at which point > two things will happen, one of which is that skye to standards > compliant > gateways will appear, the other regretably is that millions of > infected > voice-spam boxes will begin phoning everyone on the planet > non-stop selling > viagra. > > You not liking Skype is not a reason to remove support for it. It's > the only way millions of people have to talk with their loved ones > without the phone bill skyrocketing. And yes, that includes me. > I'd suggest you re-read the Fedora Wiki http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Overview Fedora was never designed to support proprietary software. Fedora was never designed to support proprietary binary drivers. (nVidia, ATI). Yes, I use the nVidia binary driver (I can't/won't use flash, as it doesn't support x86_64) but I -don't- expect fedora to support me or even stop updates (E.g. X.org 7.1) that might break the nVidia drivers. What if Skype decides to drop their Linux version? What if Adobe decides to stop producing Linux flash players and/or nVidia decides to stop supporting future X.org releases? Do you expect Fedora to stick to the 2.6.16 kernel, X.org 7.0/1 and OSS until the end of time? FOSS/Linux/Fedora -must not- be held hostage by proprietary software vendors. Period. - Gilboa -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
