Get a grip!
It might be a good idea but it's not like you are *entitled* to this
level of service. Geez.
You can always just filter those messages to a special mail folder and
read them at least an hour behind.
Yes, there are laws. You are probably entitled to be refunded every
penny you paid Mandrake for the right to download. Maybe double that!
On Thu, 02 Mar 2000, you wrote:
| "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.
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