Exclusive Fedora Interview,- With project leader, Paul W. Frields
Rahul Sundaram
sundaram at fedoraproject.org
Sat May 24 17:49:58 UTC 2008
Hi,
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Exclusive-Fedora-Interview-86401.shtml
"Softpedia: How does Fedora intend to overtake Ubuntu?
Paul W. Frields: Interestingly, this question assumes that Fedora's
goals, and the way we achieve them, are exactly the same as Ubuntu's.
Like Ubuntu, we have millions of users. We're able to report that, based
on the entirely open source technologies we use for our project. The key
to Fedora's strategy is realizing that doubling our number of users
doesn't help advance free and open source software as much as doubling
the number of active contributors. The work those contributors do
creates a far better experience with Linux, and that work reaches
audiences through many channels besides just the Fedora Project. Some
technology examples include NetworkManager, PackageKit, IcedTea and
OpenJDK 6, and ext4. You can see these technologies in distributions
other than Fedora, which shows the impact this "culture of contribution"
idea is having across FOSS."
Rahul
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