I certainly am surpized at the forceful expression of your opinion here.  But
then, Linux users are of the independent type.

I take it you don't like Red Hat?  ;^)

Personally, I can understand where Red Hat is coming from on the MP3 issue. 
They are a highly visible company with real assets.  An owner of a patent has
come forward claiming that they will start enforcing royalties on users of
that patent.  Red Hat would be a ripe target, percieved to have deep pockets. 
By not including MP3 support in the distro, they have removed the bulls-eye
that the patent enforcers may have already placed on them.

So, setting aside any philosophical "propaganda," what Red Hat did was very
practical from a business standpoint.  They removed the snakes fangs before he
could bite.

Alan

On 17 Oct 2002 11:35:53 -0700 yarddog <yarddog@yarddog.org> wrote:
> wow, such propaganda! it would be better to try 
> another distro.
AND
> lets all bow to the new ways of rh! make all
> distros follow them instead
> of unix. bah!
>