Boxed version of Fedora
Rahul Sundaram
sundaram at fedoraproject.org
Fri Mar 21 19:49:44 UTC 2008
Ian Weller wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Mar 2008, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> Something for the store SIG to consider as there is a good amount of
>> support for it
>>
>> http://fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=184031
> Someone on the forum also linked to this:
>
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAQ#head-b3ac209faa80d843496ba43b8a3048e6380f0412
>
>
> "Will Fedora be sold in retail?
>
> "Fedora will not be sold through the retail channel as a shrinkwrapped
> box. There is no list price for Fedora. The rapid development pace we
> expect for Fedora doesn't suit retail distribution — it is a lot of work
> to get a box product in and out of the channel, and retail isn't set up
> to efficiently handle software that is updated as often as every six
> months. Also, the creation of packaging and other materials that are
> necessary for retail significantly slows down the time to market, which
> means that users can't get the freshest bits when they are still truly
> fresh. Further information on Red Hat's retail product line is available
> at the Red Hat website."
>
> I still think it's a neat concept, however it may not fit Fedora all
> that well. Potentially a "starter kit" would be something neat, with
> manuals, general FAQs, and, of course, stickers ;)
As the current FAQ maintainer and the one who added that particular
answer to the FAQ, let me point out some details for additional context.
---
When Red Hat decided to create the Red Hat Linux Project which later got
renamed in Fedora Project, Red Hat published this particular answer as a
result of it's experience (and dealing with loses in a retail product)
while creating Red Hat Linux releases roughly twice a year and I copied
it over from http://fedora.redhat.com pages when I created the FAQs
since I knew that site was going away soon at that time.
A lot of details have changed and Fedora Project of today is a different
beast (or angel if you will). We could certainly reevaluate our
considerations and IMO we should.
Rahul
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