[TriLUG] No More Consumer Red Hat?

[Brent Fox]

On Tue, 2003-10-21 at 15:14, Roberto J. Dohnert wrote:
> > On Tue, 2003-10-21 at 13:43, David R.Matusiak wrote:
> >> On Tuesday, October 21, 2003, at 12:27  PM, Jeremy Portzer wrote:
> >>
> >> > This was announced several months ago; see
> >> http://fedora.redhat.com/. The name change was mostly so that the
> >> "Fedora" trademark could have different rules than the "Red Hat"
> >> trademark.  It's still the same  thing
> >> > as the "Red Hat Linux Project" that was initially announced, but
> >> you're right, it won't be a boxed product like the previous Red Hat
> >> Linux.
> >>
> >> Is this a Good Idea(tm)?  Does the user community support this change?
> >> Any TriLUGger comments?
> >> thanks!
> >> dave m.
> >
> 
> I have long maintained that this was a very bad idea.  I feel like Red Hat
> has abandoned us and its users who dont have a fast enough connection to
> connect to the web and obtain this product.  Many people are still on
> dial-up.  I for one plan to switch full time to SUSE LINUX 9.0, SuSE has
> not made any plans to destroy its retail selection.

You can buy Fedora Core CDs from third party providers.  see:
http://www.linuxinstall.org/fedora.php

Changing the name from "Red Hat Linux" to "Fedora Core" allows third
parties to sell the CDs with the Fedora name (i.e. no more "Pink Tie
Linux" to get around trademark restrictions on the Red Hat name).  

So for those who have limited bandwidth and need to purchase CDs, Fedora
Core will actually be even easier and cheaper to obtain than Red Hat
Linux was.

Cheers,
   Brent


> 
> >
> > Hi Dave,
> >
> > Not to dissuade discussion within TriLUG, but this topic has been
> > covered in some detail on a number of lists including those at:
> >
> >   http://fedora.redhat.com/participate/communicate/
> >
> > Perhaps the best threads are the "Announcing New Direction" and "What
> > price do you want?" discussions archived at:
> >
> >   http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2003-September/thread.html
> >
> > hth,
> > Ed
> >
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