Manas Alekar wrote:
>>
>> Note that Fedora is also a free and open source distribution with a very
>> similar philosophy to Debian (atleast as far as licensing is concerned)
>>
> 
> Yes, but RPM was not designed by Fedora enthusiasts.

I would certainly classify Red Hat among the Fedora enthusiasts ;-)

More seriously though, the history is more complex than you think

http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/02/08/the-story-of-rpm/

Rahul

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