Underlying DE for the Workstation product

[Máirín Duffy]

Hi

On 02/01/2014 09:31 AM, Dan Mashal wrote:
> I for one really don't think that third parties are going to now jump
> at the opportunity to create software because we took Gnome and put a
> sticker that says "workstation" on it. I'm sorry but I really just
> don't see it happening.

The products are about a lot more than just slapping superficial labels 
on things.

Case in point, the workstation vs. the server:

1) Does it make sense for a server to have X and a desktop environment 
installed by default? Nope. Does it make sense for a desktop to have X 
and a desktop installed by default? Yes, that's the entire point!

2) Does it make sense for a desktop to ship out of the box with the SSH 
port open? Debatable. Does it make sense for a server to ship out of the 
box with SSH open? Yes! Does it make sense for a desktop to ship with 
the DLNA ports open? Yes! A lot of peripherals / media devices won't 
work with it OOTB otherwise. Does it make sense for a server to ship 
with the DLNA ports open? Nope!

3) Does it make sense for a server installation application to allow 
users to attach advanced storage devices such as iSCSI SANs and FCoE 
disks and mainframe DASD devices? Yes! Is anyone going to use a desktop 
with s390 direct-attached storage? Probably NOT!

4) Does it makes sense for a server to ship with Gimp, a twitter client, 
and a PDF scanning application OOTB? Nope. Does it make sense for a 
desktop? Yep!

Creating different products from the Fedora universe means that instead 
of different end user interest groups constantly arguing over policy 
decisions that only make sense for a subset of the end users, instead, 
we'll have focused products that have the freedom to make decisions in 
the best interest of their users.

~m

p.s. Maybe some of my examples are wonky, or my 
probably-not-as-deep-as-yours technical opinion differs from yours. You 
get the point. I'm not going to respond to earnest, heartfealt critiques 
of why using DASD storage is critical for desktop users. That's not the 
point I'm making.