I do'nt actually get the point. RedHat has clearly stated the development of free version would continue. Fedora is the project name. Take a look at http://fedora.redhat.com. This actually means that U and I can contribute and have a distro which is "better" than what was produced by redhat.
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=84550&cid=7381084
This was a reasonable comment that I spotted against the redhat policy change.
The interesting part was: It would have also provided their Enterprise customers with ten-times the amount of testing of the core OS. This is not to be underestimated. Much as Linus renames a kernel from e.g. 2.5.79 to 2.6.0-test1 when he wants (free!) wider testing, Red Hat now has a user base one-tenth the size to "test" their releases on. And problems that aren't caught in relase QA (many just can't be) will now HAVE to affect (high-)paying customers. There's no free users to take 90% of the falls.
I havent followed Debian till now. Does it still find a GUI step wise installation uncool? I have always wondered why Debian had to have a freebsd kinda installation process? A menu of things to do is so much confusing for lesser mortals who will keep forgetting (did i click on that option or did i not?) ... a step wise install ensures that all the essential work is done properly. The menu seems good AFTER the system is installed.
- Sandip
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