On Thu, 2011-11-24 at 22:25 +0000, JB wrote:
Now, let me comment on this once again. RH and RH-controlled Fedora constitute [...] it is time to blink and reconstitute RH-controlled Fedora project for the new goal.
Allow me to correct this misconception right now: Red Hat does not control Fedora. Red Hat _sponsors_ the Fedora Project (with funding, technical infrastructure, etc.); but the _control_ of the project as a whole ultimately lies with the community of its developers and supporters.
Moreso than the distribution it produces, Fedora is a Community.
Fedora is a test system distro, by everybody's admission; this is also amplified by misguided handling of the *default* choice of DE, which is that RH-influenced disaster called GNOME 3.
Fedora is not a test system as you so claim. Sure, Red Hat bases its Enterprise Linux product on Fedora releases every so often; but Fedora is more than just a test for RHEL - it is a high-quality distribution in its own right.