Comments: IN DEPTH: Fedora 10 Preview

[Paul W. Frields]

On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 03:49:08PM +0000, "Jóhann B. Guðmundsson" wrote:
> Paul W. Frields wrote:
>>   Press moves in long waves, and we shouldn't expect to see as a result
>> of these improvements Fedora suddenly springing to press prominence
>> over Ubuntu.  However, I've noticed a number of articles coming out
>> during our pre-release cycles, some of them concerning Ubuntu's
>> release, that point out the upcoming Fedora 10 as also having those
>> features.  That shows we're starting to have the effect we want.  Now
>> we need to redouble those efforts, to which I think Jon's also
>> alluding.
>>   
>
> I would rather want to see articles mention that it *comes from Fedora*  
> where it applies
> instead of Fedora *also* has this feature..

This is part of a gradual shift.  First the press talks about another
Distro N alone as having Cool Feature X.  Now they say that Distro N
has Cool Feature X, "but so does Fedora."  We're pushing them toward
saying that Distro N has Cool Feature X "which was created in Fedora."

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