Official Fedora Survey 2015

[Paul W. Frields]

On Sun, May 10, 2015 at 09:42:28AM +0100, Richard Turner wrote:
> On 10 May 2015 06:45, "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb at znmeb.net> wrote:
> 
> > I think they have the right idea. Instead of a survey, put a page like
> > this at the download site for Workstation. I'd pay two bucks to
> > download Fedora Workstation - compared to $160 for Windows 8.1 Pro
> > it's a no-brainer. If people want media players, let them vote for
> > them with money. If people want the KDE desktop or the Design spin or
> > the audio spin or whatever - things they can easily install with the
> > netinstall disk - let them vote for them with money.
> 
> I think that has an ugly subtext. Contrary to "we want and value your
> input" it's more "we'll endure your input if you pay us to". Hardly a good
> way to better engage with the wider community.

Not only that, but Fedora has no way to accept money for this, so it's
highly unlikely to happen.

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