On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 9:17 PM, "Jóhann B. Guðmundsson" <johannbg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 11/28/2012 03:02 AM, inode0 wrote: >> >> On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 8:21 PM, Matthew Miller >> <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 08:03:40PM -0600, inode0 wrote: > > > <snip> > > >>> There is a very real risk of Fedora being a self-referential toy >>> operating >>> system no one really uses (where "no one" excepts a few strange people >>> like >>> me who have been running it as my sole OS for years). Instead, we should >>> emphasize and take advantage of our ecosystem -- Fedora, RHEL, EPEL, >>> CentOS/Scientific Linux, the whole shebang. Each part makes the whole >>> thing >>> stronger. >> >> I agree with this but the fact is that I don't see any of that even >> mentioned in press releases and similar reporting except for the >> connection to RHEL which is why people not inside the project come to >> think it is only about RHEL. And, of course, the many people who >> contribute without external affiliations to other identifiable parts >> of this ecosystem are always left out. >> >> If we can find a way to broaden this sort of message I'm all for that. > > > What benefits do you see the RHEL clones bringing to the ecosystem? > > I see them doing actually quite the opposite ( reduce income for red hat > which in turn is reflected in fewer ( upstream ) maintainers ) > > I see more value in them in the eco system coming here and maintain an > Fedora LTS release then maintaining those clones The ecosystem is MUCH broader than the few groups listed above but I agree with the general position that we would do well to speak more about how Fedora fits into other parts of the broader community and how that mutually benefits both Fedora and the rest of the "whole shebang." I don't really want to quibble about one group or another as part of this discussion. John -- marketing mailing list marketing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing
