Alo Tsum wrote:
how generating revenue to put back into the project and make it more
self sufficient. So I have a few suggestions which I think the Redhat
company itself should take note of. Firstly Redhat while promoting Linux
among enthusiast is also in the business of making money. On that front
I believe that they should not only attempt to evangelize Linux in the
Hum let me send out an alternate view: Free Software is outside the Sell
and Evangelize paradigm. It exists, it can be offered, but its meaning
in the world is that it honestly is there for people to use if they have
a use for it. This is something different than commercial OSes that are
there despite you asked to NOT have it, that are shoved down your
throat, sold to you, lock you in and so on.
The Fedora project is the perfect tool for this and here is how. The
fedora team should focus SOLELY on making the operating system run as
smoothly and as fast as possible, interacting with a HUGE number of
hardware configurations. Installation needs to be as smooth as silk and
Wll no argument there since that is useful for everyone.
upgrading needs to be fail proof from version to version. Previously
installed drives with personal user data needs to be able to be retained
without fail from upgrade to upgrade if the user isn't doing a clean
Fedora is very decent at this already.
install. Now I would like to move on to "partnerships"
Fedora project
should look into making "partners" or some other creative term to define
other Linux projects and organizations. In this partnership Fedora will
tightly enforce standards which will ensure that any software created to
run on fedora is following say the OIN and the GPL standards to the
RHAT can confidently claim to have written the book on following "GPL
standards".
by following strict guidelines they would become Fedora project
"partners" and in turn they would be promised that their software will
be included in the fedora core release. Also by following strict
...
approach is keeping in mind that projects such as Fedora and other
Linux
distributions desire to penetrate more into the home desktop market,
Hum again with the 'market', Free software doesn't compete in that
sense, it is offered in the hope that it is useful, you can imagine it
as demand-led.
which then also means more users will or could eventually equate to
greater adoption of the platform in other industries as a result of user
No insult intended, but you or I don't get paid on the basis of
adoption. I'm sure we're both pleased if there is increased adoption
and maybe you or I will spend some time if we think it will increase
takeup. But nonetheless offering a Free OS like Fedora is a different
game than selling Commercial OSes.
Now say a "ambassador" from Fedora can start making the
rounds to Dell
Hum this is the thing, Fedora just is and Dell can take it up if they
like. "Selling" a Free OS seems like a bit of an impedance mismatch.
Why should people already pouring effort into the OS with no direct hope
of return act to improve Dell's worldview as a charitable act if Michael
is too locked into Bill's gravy train to do it himself?
at a premium. Fedora core could charge a VERY minimal fee for this
training, so say charge enough that it would generate revenue that can
...
The future of Linux if to be taken seriously should not be relegated
to
If a Free OS is taken seriously is up to the potential users. I take it
real serious already.
There needs to be a con[ce]rted effort on the parts of all parties
involved to take Linux to that next phase of existence other wise Linux
as a brand, while it may grow some what will not see its full potential.
With the software being a open and free model we still have to realize
No.
-Andy