Fedora Desktop future- RedHat moves

[Francis Earl]

> if rh desktop was not doing what customers want, they would not buy it
> just for support.

That's just it, RH Desktop _does_ do what it's customers want... thing
is, what is the target audience of RH Desktop?

Consumers expect an entirely different set of functionality, and today,
Linux is still behind the curb there. The groups that are packaging
Linux to target these groups aren't doing a very good job of advertising
and educating those users either. They are simply facilitating the kinds
of things that made FOSS appealing in the first place, they are
continuing to allow users to be locked into proprietary models.

Who is that helping? You think users would continue to use AAC (iPOD) or
MP3 etc if they knew they do not own that media they just paid $1 for?
Apple is currently the largest distributor of music in the world, users
can't even share that music with their friends legally. One dollar is a
small figure, but how much is Apple making for basically just allowing
users to listen?

Users do that willingly though, and complain if they're not able to be
ripped off in such ways. That is what RedHat is fighting in the consumer
space, and why they aren't willing to invest millions trying to appeal
to these people.