[clug] Fedora and the future of RedHat

[Alan Clifford Sanderson]

> On Wed, 22 Oct 2003, Matthew Hawkins wrote:
>
>> Friends don't let friends use Redhat.
>
> The problem I'm facing is that we have "standardised" on RedHat for Linux.
> The alternative was to "standardise" on Windows.  Getting RedHat accepted
> was a significant win in what was primarily a Sun shop.
>
> Having AS 2.1 installed also makes it easier to use a RH desktop without
> being outside the accepted "standard".  The problem is getting money to
> do it.
>
> My original question was more to do with the RedHat desktop stream rather
> than Fedora specifically.  I think the answer it that RH10 will be payware
> only and what used to be a free download of the current desktop will be
> provided through Fedora.

The way I understand it, there will be no RH10. I could be wrong, but I
was of the understanding that RH will only offer RH AW and RH AS from no
on.