On Sat, 2005-07-09 at 21:34 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > Hi > > >VDR is one that I use. I have messed around with FC4 for a while but it > >looks like after all these years with Redhat I will be moving to ubuntu > >(debian). > > > >Tony > > > > > Fedora might be the first to lose LinuxThreads but Ubuntu, Debian et all > is going to follow soon. When the change has happened upstream, its > just a matter of time. Same goes for GCC 4 , GRUB, udev, LVM, SELinux, > <insert your favorite/infamous> change here. This of course is two of the strengths of open source. Microsoft is effectively force to continue to support older technologies (and the applications that use them) because the entire business model is based on the sale of newer versions. If they split the OS into two versions, one that receives only security updates to allow older applications to run, while a newer version drops support for old technologies many of their users would cease to upgrade to the newer versions. For many Office 97 and Windows 98 are more than adequate for their needs. Open source on the other hand can far more easily drop support for technologies in newer versions because it can also offer support for these older technologies in supported older versions. And it doesn't really harm a business model based that isn't reliant on sales of software (which is kinda hard to do when the software is free). In summary, the two strengths are: An ability to drop support for older technologies in current software. An ability to maintain support for older technologies in supported software without threatening their bottom line (or maybe even enhancing it). Rodd -- "It's a fine line between denial and faith. It's much better on my side" -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list