__/ [ hanumizzle@xxxxxxxxx ] on Saturday 03 June 2006 21:32 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> | "We're trying to talk to the open source community to get them more
>> | engaged," said Mugshot Product Manager Donald Fischer, who conceded
>> | that Linux and other open source software needs support in digital
>> | media to compete with other large technology players, such as Apple
>> | and Microsoft.
>
> ``Dubbed "Mugshot," the new Red Hat initiative consists of a Web site
> with MySpace-styled social networking services: Link Swarm, an
> Internet-link sharing community; Music Radar for trading, talking about
> and finding music; and TV Party, a work in progress that centers on TV
> show takes and blogs.''
>
> MySpace? Yuck. Where I come from, MySpace is a haven for bedwetting
> goths who think every bit of trivia in their lives needs to be
> disclosed to the whole world.
This comprison to MyScape is one which I found rather unappealing myself.
MySpace is sometimes associated with teenage HotLinkers, pirates, and
media theives. It is considered a 'bad crowd' by the more IT-savvy folks
that contribute to Wikis or reads and follow Slashdot/MSDN/Digg/other.
However, if Red hat was ever to penetrate the mind of the youngsters, they
could catch the young generation, which is due to become influential (many
kids teach and support the parents in that domain). Moreover, this would
provide living proof that Linux is not only used by (and is usable to) IT
professionals.
Best wishes,
Roy
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