--- Francis Earl <lunitik(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> if rh desktop was not doing what customers want,
they would not buy it
> just for support.
That's just it, RH Desktop _does_ do what it's
customers want... thing
is, what is the target audience of RH Desktop?
Consumers expect an entirely different set of
functionality, and today,
Linux is still behind the curb there. The groups
that are packaging
Linux to target these groups aren't doing a very
good job of advertising
and educating those users either. They are simply
facilitating the kinds
of things that made FOSS appealing in the first
place, they are
continuing to allow users to be locked into
proprietary models.
Who is that helping? You think users would continue
to use AAC (iPOD) or
MP3 etc if they knew they do not own that media they
just paid $1 for?
Apple is currently the largest distributor of music
in the world, users
can't even share that music with their friends
legally. One dollar is a
small figure, but how much is Apple making for
basically just allowing
users to listen?
Apparently some of the MP3 patents are supposedly
dying out, but not so soon :(
http://www.tunequest.org/a-big-list-of-mp3-patents/20070226/
As for the apple Ipod, and others they can get hacked
and unpaid music can be placed onto them. I have some
students that are very bright in this area, they put
music onto cell phones without paying for the music.
They are sharp with computers and electronics but ask
them about academics and they do not answer. They do
need to be dissapointed with Apple as they do not care
what they do, they know that someone, somewhere is
working to ensure that they can do other things that
Apple did not want them to do. :)
Regards,
Antonio
Users do that willingly though, and complain if
they're not able to be
ripped off in such ways. That is what RedHat is
fighting in the consumer
space, and why they aren't willing to invest
millions trying to appeal
to these people.
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