Comment 241 for bug 727064

From an end-user perspective, and in my humble opinion:
I refuse to install anything that pulls in i686 dependencies to my x86_64 system and for that reason will not install software such as Skype and any of the Google for Linux software, and that includes flash wrappers. If I wanted a mixed up UNIX OS I would just use Snow-Leopard on my MacBook and save myself a ton of work making Linux work as I want my OS to work.
I understand that having compatibility to the new mini-processors is important to somebody who uses mini-machines, but really, would it be that difficult to make a version of glib for those and another one for the mainstream processors? What I mean is make a note in the release notes of the current version for which mini-processors it is supporting. At the same time, revert the glib changes, re-package it, and make a note in the release notes for which processors it is supporting. Problem solved. If someone makes an error in installation it is easy to revert to the other version.
I have read through every comment in this bug issue several times since it was started and have noticed some interesting things: Redhat Fedora developers defending their product, saying they aren't interested how many users switch to different flavours of linux, blaming a 3rd party vendors product for all the problems, and being somewhat bull-headed about changing what has been done.
So what happens when some other 3rd party company starts doing what Adobe has done that causes(?) problems with functionality in the OS? There will be another bugzilla report about that one and a long argument about who is to blame, who should fix what and a small group of end-users and end-user developers trying to find a workaround so that the software works as it should. I know for a fact that all software will have bugs; that is a reality of computing. Passing blame and being bull-headed about your position doesn't help anyone, and leaving workarounds up to end-users isn't very professional.
One last point to Redhat: Yes it is nice of you to provide a free OS to the world and spend lots of money and your paid developers' time working on it, but the fact is, you also get a great number of people testing your cutting edge software for free and reporting back, and working with your employees and other un-paid developers to fix the issues before you port the software over to your paid version, which drastically reduces the amount of support time and time spent fixing glitches for your paying customers which makes you look really good to them, so please don't underestimate the value of Fedora users staying with Fedora as an OS. I have used Redhat products as an OS since there was only one fast way to get it; buy the book with the CD in it (the other option being spending a week on dial-up downloading it), and I don't want to change now or in the future, so please, just a little respect for what you get out of the end-users would be appreciated. Granted, you are a company, but also; all of us are a community with pride in making Fedora the best OS out there. Let us not forget that. BTW, this is not a rant, just my opinion. Thanks for reading.