Linux on ARM tablets?

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On 03/25/2011 02:26 PM, Fernando Cassia wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 2:16 PM, Linuxguy123 <linuxguy123 at gmail.com> wrote:

> It doesn´t have to be a commercial product, because if it becomes one
> it´ll be immediately subject to the press and the pundits labeling it
> a "failure" or compare it to the established Android OS.

 ..

> The way I dream it, a "Fedora Tablet Edition" would allow downloading
> it and reflashing the OS on popular tablets (Samsung´s Galaxy Tab, the
> HP TouchPad, or the RIM´s Playbook), and replace it with "Fedora
> Tablet Edition". "As is" of course.
> 

  What is the commercial reason to do this then? I understand what -you-
want - but redhat needs to have a business reason to leverage this -
like RHEL derives from fedora ...

  Unless there's a rational business plan it makes no sense to sponsor
this ... think like a businessperson ...