[CLUE-Tech] GPL loopholes

[Jed S. Baer]

On 21 Jul 2003 14:53:47 -0600
"Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier" <jzb at dissociatedpress.net> wrote:

> Should it be a point-and-click operation to give that ability to a
> desktop user? Probably, but there is (apparently) a way to correct it
> and I'm sure if the issue comes up often enough with Red Hat's core
> audience, it would be changed.

OK, maybe this is tangental, but according to LinuxAndMain, RH is going to
abandon the shrink-wrap boxed retail channel. I find it a little difficult
to that that goes along with a continued focus on the desktop. After the
amount of effort which must have gone into "Bluecurve", I have to wonder.
There is, of course, the commercial channel, which can still be a valid
target for a desktop oriented distro. Maybe RedHat doesn't see enough in
the way of simple retail sales for that to be worth the trouble.

  http://www.linuxandmain.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=364

> I suspect that a very large percentage of
> Red Hat's desktop user base is made up of power-users who would rather
> slide naked down a cactus than use dial-up, so it doesn't come up as
> often as one might think. 

I guess that explains why I've been feeling so prickly lately.
 
jed
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