Re: [K12OSN] direction of k12ltsp ?

["Christopher K. Johnson" <ckjohnson gwi net>]

David Trask wrote:

> k12osn redhat com writes:
>  
>
> > > With the recent decision to no longer offer a "free" version of RH
> > >      
> > linux 
> >    
> >
> > > what will happen to the future of K12ltsp ? Specifically all those that 
> > > have initiated K12LTSP projects in schools, are we to be left by  the 
> > > wayside?
> > >      
>
> Would everyone please stop this?  RedHat is NOT going away!  It is a
> simple change in business model which MAY be for the better.  The Fedora
> project is simply going to do has been done all along....only in a more
> "open" manner!  Remember....a Fedora is a hat. too!  :-)  This "the sky is
> falling" attitude needs to stop....let's see what happens....my honest
> opinion is that things will continue to move along fine as they are now.
>
> David N. Trask
>
>  
Perhaps a small bit of history would be comforting:

StarOffice by SUN became the very successful OpenOffice.org community 
project.
The Netscape browser by Netscape became the very successful Mozilla 
community project.

In both cases the companies continued to contribute to, but no longer 
exclusively control, the projects.

Red Hat is doing the same in making the Fedora distribution of Linux a 
community project.

I look forward to great things coming from this collaboration between 
Red Hat developers and engineers, and the many other contributors who 
care deeply enough to help make a progressive, yet quality Linux 
distribution available.

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