> On Tue, 2003-10-21 at 13:43, David R.Matusiak wrote: >> On Tuesday, October 21, 2003, at 12:27 PM, Jeremy Portzer wrote: >> >> > This was announced several months ago; see >> http://fedora.redhat.com/. The name change was mostly so that the >> "Fedora" trademark could have different rules than the "Red Hat" >> trademark. It's still the same thing >> > as the "Red Hat Linux Project" that was initially announced, but >> you're right, it won't be a boxed product like the previous Red Hat >> Linux. >> >> Is this a Good Idea(tm)? Does the user community support this change? >> Any TriLUGger comments? >> thanks! >> dave m. >
I have long maintained that this was a very bad idea. I feel like Red Hat has abandoned us and its users who dont have a fast enough connection to connect to the web and obtain this product. Many people are still on dial-up. I for one plan to switch full time to SUSE LINUX 9.0, SuSE has not made any plans to destroy its retail selection. > > Hi Dave, > > Not to dissuade discussion within TriLUG, but this topic has been > covered in some detail on a number of lists including those at: > > http://fedora.redhat.com/participate/communicate/ > > Perhaps the best threads are the "Announcing New Direction" and "What > price do you want?" discussions archived at: > > http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2003-September/thread.html > > hth, > Ed > > -- > Edward H. Hill III, PhD > office: MIT Dept. of EAPS; Room 54-1424; 77 Massachusetts Ave. > Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > URL: http://web.mit.edu/eh3/ > phone: 617-253-0098 > fax: 617-253-4464 -- To view my Linux help page and howto's goto http://www.geocities.com/kane121975/ I have information on x86 Linux and PowerPC Linux -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
