[TriLUG] Switching distros based on marketing, rumor, FUD -- or based on technical merit?

[Jeremy Portzer]

On Wed, 2003-11-05 at 10:26, elfick wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-11-05 at 10:07, Jeremy Portzer wrote:
> > Sure, the position and comments of a company are important to the
> > general goal of Linux advocacy.  I too am dissapointed in the Red Hat
> > CEO's comments about the status of Linux on the desktop.  But these
> > types of things will NOT make me stop using Red Hat / Fedora, as I use
> > them based on their technical merits.  Fedora Core 1 hasn't even been
> > released yet, and still everyone is griping that it's not for them.  Why
> > don't you TRY it first ?
> 
> I could see and understand someone changing products based on statements
> from that products producer. In an open market this is often an
> excellent way for the consumer to display their dissappointment in a way
> that effects[sic] the company more than a call/letter.

That is a good point, if you were already a paying customer.  However
I'm not sure it's a big deal since most of the complainers were using
the free download version of Red Hat Linux anyway.  The OSS world is a
bit different than standard consumer products in this regard.

--Jeremy

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