Comments on: Red Hat lets go of Fedora Linux

The company creates the Fedora Foundation to encourage further outside development of its free Fedora software.

Gentoo and OpenSolaris?

I've been a Gentoo user since early 2002, and I am shocked that the author of this story thinks so highly of the Gentoo Project as to call it a "competitor" of Red Hat! One is a publicly traded corporation with industry and ISV support, having a well-developed system for corporate licensing and support, while the other is nonprofit organization whose primary support mechanism is perhaps the finest forums community on the net. OpenSolaris isn't yet available, other than through developer kits and beta releases, and therefore hasn't taken a dime in revenue away from Red Hat.

Red Hat does have competitors in the software platforms market, but neither Gentoo nor OpenSolaris are on the radar. Red Hat's competitors include Novell OES/LD, Sun Solaris, IBM AIX, and MS Windows Server.

[zaznet]

Where Gentoo fits...

What you see as RH's concern over Gentoo is the community you speak of. They need such a community backing Fedora, and much of those folks who already contribute to Linux and other Open Source projects don't feel like Fedora is open to their contributions. Ever since Red Hat first started, there has been a "lash back" against the corporate atmosphere the company brought to the Linux world.

Gentoo and OpenSolaris?

I've been a Gentoo user since early 2002, and I am shocked that the author of this story thinks so highly of the Gentoo Project as to call it a "competitor" of Red Hat! One is a publicly traded corporation with industry and ISV support, having a well-developed system for corporate licensing and support, while the other is nonprofit organization whose primary support mechanism is perhaps the finest forums community on the net. OpenSolaris isn't yet available, other than through developer kits and beta releases, and therefore hasn't taken a dime in revenue away from Red Hat.

Red Hat does have competitors in the software platforms market, but neither Gentoo nor OpenSolaris are on the radar. Red Hat's competitors include Novell OES/LD, Sun Solaris, IBM AIX, and MS Windows Server.

[zaznet]

Where Gentoo fits...

What you see as RH's concern over Gentoo is the community you speak of. They need such a community backing Fedora, and much of those folks who already contribute to Linux and other Open Source projects don't feel like Fedora is open to their contributions. Ever since Red Hat first started, there has been a "lash back" against the corporate atmosphere the company brought to the Linux world.

[katamari]

Another "foundation".

Please, folks. Stop with the DOT-COM-isms; stop using the word "foundation" to describe what is an ORGANISATION, or if there is cash flow involved, a COMPANY.

This is quickly becoming the latest trend/fad. Please put an end to this madness.

[feranick]

It is a "foundation"...

From Encyclopedia Britannica, the definition of "foundation":

"Nongovernmental, nonprofit organization with assets provided by donors and managed by its own officials and with income expended for socially useful purposes."

From Webster:

"An organization or institution established by endowment with provision for future maintenance"

So what's wrong with calling it "foundation"?

[katamari]

Another "foundation".

Please, folks. Stop with the DOT-COM-isms; stop using the word "foundation" to describe what is an ORGANISATION, or if there is cash flow involved, a COMPANY.

This is quickly becoming the latest trend/fad. Please put an end to this madness.

[feranick]

It is a "foundation"...

From Encyclopedia Britannica, the definition of "foundation":

"Nongovernmental, nonprofit organization with assets provided by donors and managed by its own officials and with income expended for socially useful purposes."

From Webster:

"An organization or institution established by endowment with provision for future maintenance"

So what's wrong with calling it "foundation"?