Ok, I see your point. But no one said that they HAD to support it. But they don't control 97% of the software they distribute anyways. So the major difference is that they can see the source, uuuuuuuuuh anyone ask IBM for a VM under the IBM Shared Source license? I would be hard pressed to believe they would say no. >Think of car companies. Does GM say, > here's a car with our stuff that we know works, and here's a CD > Player/MP3 Player/axle extension kit/body kit? Ummmm actually they do, its called preferred VENDORS thats why you see items approved by GM that don't void warranties. But even with all of this your point is still valid, but here is a economic couter point. Hmmm Redhat makes most of its money from support, if more people call for support the more money Redhat can make. Kind of a backwards arguement but in general the more you DIST. does the more calls you will get. > The only difference I see is that Redhat doesn't want to include closed > source software that could possibly have problems with their software > since they can't see what it's doing, and at that point they wouldn't be > able to fix it. This is more of a sane statement from a software > company > standpoint. "Here is a car w/ a manual, you can get the body kit, rims, > spoiler and CD Player from anywhere you want, but don't expect us to > help if YOU break something". Of course not. That > would be a warranty nightmare (compared to a support nightmare from > redhat's standpoint) since they have no idea what this equipment might > do to the vehicle. > > Anyway, as it's been said before. If you don't like the way Redhat does > it, MAKE YOUR OWN DISTRO and see how it is to support software that you > know nothing about. That's the beauty of Linux, don't like it, DO IT > YOURSELF and stop complaining. > > Shaun > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Durst [mailto:ddurst@larubber.com] > Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 7:33 PM > To: psyche-list@redhat.com > Subject: Re: Ok mis wording the problem w/ 8.0 > > > Heres what I am asking for: > "Here is a car w/ a manual, here is the body kit, rims, spolier and CD > Player you can put in the car - side note you DON'T HAVE TO PUT THEM ON" > > > > > -- > Psyche-list mailing list > Psyche-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
