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it's about the cost/benefit of supporting two similar things. if the delta was larger it could be valuable, but ubuntu vs redhat? pfffft

@mipsytipsy Word. Double pfffft.

@mipsytipsy ...*whispers* ...gentoooooooooo

@jcsalterego lucky you in TX, pretty sure I smacked the last boy who said that

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@jcsalterego go compile me a sandwich from scratch for your sins

@mipsytipsy brb and I shall emerge with it later *ducks*

@mipsytipsy @alicegoldfuss I have a beef with this. The perception of maintaining choice as being expensive can be problematic.

@mipsytipsy @alicegoldfuss when a customer makes one of these two choices it requires tons of extra engineering work.

@sargun @alicegoldfuss ... exactly?

@mipsytipsy @alicegoldfuss I mean, writing software targeting one platform, and not the other.

@mipsytipsy @alicegoldfuss If my users to switch to the platform that's easier to develop for, it'd save a large amount of work.

@mipsytipsy @alicegoldfuss And at the end of the day, they'll get a better experience. Allowing tooling to be flexible is a good thing, IMHO

@sargun if supporting rh+ubuntu is key to your mission, then . otherwise be mindful of your scarce eng cycles and don't waste them

@mipsytipsy totally knew what you meant and agree. wanting to change distros is likecoming in and trying to change everyone's text editors

@mipsytipsy like, don't be the person who comes to the Fedora shop and whines that you want Ubuntu either