Re: Fedora's way forward

[sean <seanlkml sympatico ca>]

On Wed, 29 Mar 2006 10:47:10 -0500
Ivan Gyurdiev <ivg2 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