"When Eric Raymond announced on the Fedora Core developer
mailing list that he was switching to Ubuntu, he lodged several
complaints about Fedora Core that, in view of the developer
responses, seem fairly empty, and possibly even self-serving. In
response, several developers not only answered Raymond's
complaints, but also pointed out several contradictions and
failures on his part. Several developers pointed out the relation
between Raymond being hired by Linspire, and his switch to Ubuntu.
For those still unaware, Linspire and Ubuntu are now working
together--Linspire will be based on Ubuntu, and Ubuntu will use
CNR.
"While Eric complained about Fedora Core lacking non-libre
multimedia capabilities out of the box, the developers replied that
Fedora Core is (a) meant to include only libre software by default,
and (b) is geared more toward server environments than
desktops..."
