[fab] slashdot rough draft

[Bill Nottingham]

Max Spevack (mspevack at redhat.com) said: 
> I guess the "problem" with package managers is that they are so integral 
> to the rest of a distro that it's a major endeavor to switch them.  This 
> leads to a high level of inertia, and therefore requires a tremendous 
> added benefit that is gained by making a switch.

Moreover, it tends to make any sort of upgrade dead in the water.

Bill