Exclusive Fedora Interview,- With project leader, Paul W. Frields

[Rahul Sundaram <sundaram fedoraproject org>]

Hi,

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Exclusive-Fedora-Interview-86401.shtml

"Softpedia: How does Fedora intend to overtake Ubuntu?

Paul W. Frields: Interestingly, this question assumes that Fedora's 
goals, and the way we achieve them, are exactly the same as Ubuntu's. 
Like Ubuntu, we have millions of users. We're able to report that, based 
on the entirely open source technologies we use for our project. The key 
to Fedora's strategy is realizing that doubling our number of users 
doesn't help advance free and open source software as much as doubling 
the number of active contributors. The work those contributors do 
creates a far better experience with Linux, and that work reaches 
audiences through many channels besides just the Fedora Project. Some 
technology examples include NetworkManager, PackageKit, IcedTea and 
OpenJDK 6, and ext4. You can see these technologies in distributions 
other than Fedora, which shows the impact this "culture of contribution" 
idea is having across FOSS."

Rahul