"Brian J. Murrell" wrote:
>
> from the quill of Ron Stodden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on scroll
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > And can I be guaranteed that an announced binary RPM is already
> > available there at the time of the announcement?
>
> Gee Ron, you sure seem demanding of your needs. Perhaps you should run
> a public mirror of Mandrake. If you run a publicly accessable mirror on
> a big pipe, I am sure the "main" archive will permit you priority
> mirroring access.
>
> > I want the download RPM URL to appear in the announcement so that if I
> > want it, all I have to do is click on the URL in the announcment as I
> > read it. To have to come back in a day or even one hour is
> > unacceptably impractical.
>
> An hour is unacceptable? You sound like you definately want to run a
> publicly accessable mirror then!
You read what is not there. I'm requesting that the notice not
appear until the product is available. I used the term vaporware,
remember? There are laws...
That may involve ONE MandrakeSoft person delaying one hour or one day
(which can be automated), rather than ALL prospective clients each
having to delay an hour or a day. Don't announce until you can
deliver - world-wide. Marketing 101.
In my case I can assure you that a requirement to delay even one hour
means that my interest will have evaporated. The window of
opportunity will have passed.
--
Regards,
Ron. [AU] - sent by Linux.
