On Wed, 29 Mar 2006 10:47:10 -0500
Ivan Gyurdiev <ivg2(a)cornell.edu> wrote:
> We're not trying to convince you of anything, you're
free to go about
> your business, using Linux in a way that meets your needs. Please extend
> to us the same courtesy so everyone can get on with it.
>
While I agree with your overall point that keeping Fedora open is a a
good thing, kindly use singular instead of plural, or qualify which
group of people you're representing on a community list.
Point taken. However, the Fedora goals are clearly laid out. You either
subscribe to them or you're not going to be very satisfied.
I certainly see "world domination" as a worthy goal, and
"open source
solutions" as a means/strategy to achieving that goal in the long run. A
"solution" addresses the problem of as many people as possible,
otherwise it's not particularly useful. I think you'd agree that we [
fedora developers ] are designing software with the end user in mind,
and not as a goal in itself. Eric's questions certainly seems important
to answer - there's no reason to be hostile.
Sure, the point was really to drive home that it's easy to call someone a
zealot, as Eric had just done to Rahul in the post I was responding to
and in a way that was no more or less hostile.
Eric's questions have already been answered many times over and he's
not adding anything new. It's just a distraction and inappropriate
for this list considering the core Fedora objectives.
Take a look at the Fedora objectives, it's not about designing _any_ kind
of software with the end user in mind, it's about designing open source
and unencumbered software with the end user in mind.
Sean