Re: P2P (was: one more thing ... )

["Bryan J. Smith" <b.j.smith@ieee.org>]

On Wed, 2004-03-10 at 16:09, Robert Citek wrote:
> As one of the contributors to this thread, I have to apologize for the 
> direction it has turned.  My hope was to start a discussion (or even 
> just a list) of where linux has weaknesses (even perceived weaknesses) 
> and then discuss strategies to address them.

Er, um, I don't think anyone is responsible other than myself and 1
other.  I don't see you, Robert, as one.

> One of the items that came up was distributing software and teir-1 
> OEMS.  Personally, I like the idea of P2P (especially BitTorrent) 
> because it is a solution that lends itself well to distributing 
> OpenSource software, is poorly suited for commercial software (except 
> for perhaps distributing virus patches), and is something that we all 
> can participate in.  You don't need to have a big pipe nor a static IP. 
> ADSL works just fine.
> But I'll back off from that for now.

And your input was greatly appreciated.

I'm just trying to figure out what is being suggested.  I'm open to
_any_ and _all_ comments -- _especially_ if I am mistaken.  I'm wrong
_all_ the time.

But some of the statements I've seen, especially with regards to Red
Hat, are either misconstruded or, in some cases, flat out incorrect. 
There's been a _lot_ of "assumptions" around Red Hat as of late.  The
integrity Red Hat continues to show in ignoring them and just moving on
with their "underpromise, overdelivery" attitude continues to impress
me.

If someone has a con-against or a pro-for some distributor, just say
it.  Don't dance around it.  But make sure your facts are lined up.  If
you didn't know about Red Hat Professional Workstation, admit it, and
move on.  You don't have to break it down into "well, Fedora and RHEL
are different" because they are _not_ -- it's just the level of support
offered and rate of development, that's all.


-- 
Bryan J. Smith, E.I. -- Engineer, Technologist, School Teacher
b.j.smith@ieee.org



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