Re: desktop relevance

[Rahul Sundaram <sundaram fedoraproject org>]

Marcus Moeller wrote:

. I
> am just disappointed that it has not been clearly stated that the best
> way to keep up on that road is to use free components and to improve
> the (free) Linux desktop experience.

Note:

"The reason I say that is, I don't understand why consumers should pay
for Linux, Linux is free. The average consumer at home, people have
gotten use used to the blue screen of death with Windows, right? If
you're not running something that's mission critical, why should you pay
for it, go download Fedora"

http://www.zdnet.com.au/insight/software/soa/Q-A-Red-Hat-CEO-Jim-Whitehurst/0,139023769,339292691,00.htm

Also

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Red_Hat_contributions#GNOME_and_the_Free_Desktop

Rahul