Fedora Project: Announcing New Direction

[Paul Gear]

Mark Mielke wrote:
> ...
> I don't buy into this 'companies must give out everything for free, and if
> we need support, we'll pay for it'. Organizations given this option, more
> often than not, choose not to take the support option for *some* invented
> excuse, which usually includes 'well I can't afford the minimum support
> package that you offer, but I do wish I had support', or in your case,
> 'well I can't afford the minimum support package that you offer, but I do
> wish I had the binaries'...

I'm afraid that's just a fact of life in the .edu community.  As i said,
the school i volunteer for can't even afford the RHL basic subscription.

> I think it is perfectly reasonable for the open source community to
> work on something like Fedora, get Fedora for free (not for free, when
> you look at it this way), and leave RHEL for the user base that
> requires support and a longer release cycle.

My point was that some people need a longer release cycle without support.

Here's my explanation of what i'm looking for:
http://paulgear.webhop.net/the_page_formerly_known_as_rhel.html

Paul
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