I have some thoughts on this....
On Wed, 2 Aug 2000, Armisis Aieoln wrote:
> Uh, Mandrake has already done this, just dident advertise it as loudly as this.
Some people think volume is better than quality :-)
> just conserned
hmmm... don't be. Why on earth would we really want to announce all of the
below, have someone try it, not like it and switch to a different
distribution?
>
> > Attention Developers: Get an early view of the new Linux 2.4 kernel
> > and Sun's Java 2 v1.3 SDK. Available today.
Did I see the word "Alpha" mentioned here? Someone is going to have
problems. A lot of the kernel patches and stuff Chmouel already includes
but with a LOT of testing, rebuilding, testing, rebuilding ....
> > The Linux (TM) Technology Preview --- Developer Release* from Caldera
> > Systems is your chance to preview and explore an unofficial version of the
> > upcoming and highly anticipated Linux 2.4 kernel release. This developer's
> > preview enables early software development with a beta version of the new
> > Linux 2.4 kernel, Sun Microsystems' Java(TM) HotSpot(TM) technology and glibc
>2.1.91.
Hmm... They sort of made it official by releasing it like this. How would
it look if we said "Here is our unofficial beta" ? yeh, right.
> > You'll not only get our award winning OpenLinux(TM) technology
> > platform, but also the following valuable JDK and SDK development tools:
> > * Stable preview version of the Linux 2.4 kernel
No such item. 2.4 kernel is not stable.
> > * C/C++ Linux development tools
provided in cooker, but the stable version.
> > * KDE 2.0 preview version
wonder what version they included? In cooker the cvs date is 8-1-2000 (or
for those who like dates backwords: 2000-08-01 -:) ) By announcing this
they have frozen their kde2 at a very unstable place. I suspect they
included 1.92 (the beta code) this is already almost 3 weeks old.
I need to rebuild almost daily to get the bug fixes into cooker.
> > * Latest Konquerer with automatic SMB mounting
David F. is working on konqy... and is constantly fixing more bugs! These
get into my almost daily builds.
> >
> > We've made it easier than ever to get a sneak peak at the latest and
> > upcoming technology. To learn more, visit
>http://destinationsite.com/c?c=115798.14110.0.12017.0 today.
> > To order, visit a reseller near you or visit
>http://destinationsite.com/c?c=115798.14110.0.12017.1
> >
VERY VERY VERY dangerous sending this to a re-seller.
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--Chris
