On Mon, 2002-11-11 at 15:13, Luke Vandervort wrote:
> Maybe in this case its better the average user doesn't see this release
> right off, Mandrake is all I use, but I have seen some minor, but rather
> annoying bugs in 9.0. By the time 9.0 hits the shelves, they should have
> most of the major things worked out so people can apply the patches
> during the install and never know the difference....
>
> Luke
Although you're point has merits still the comparison is RH 8.0 vs MDK
8.2 and as far as the apps list on the box goes 8.2 loses. Urpmi and
Mandrake Update can handle the upgrades. IF MDK really wants the cash.
Getting boxes into users hands ASAP is the key.
James
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> James Sparenberg wrote:
> > Ok I'm here in the Sillycon (silicon) valley and wondering one thing.
> > Why is it that RH 8.0 and SuSe 8.1 both of which came out a month or so
> > after MDK 9.0 have been in the stores for about 3 or 4 weeks .... and
> > MDK is still nowhere to be found. (Yes I know I can order from Mandrake
> > Shop that's not my point.) However 8.2 is there and this results in
> > statements like ("Yes Mandrake is nice but it's always so far behind the
> > others.") Where as you and I know this isn't true, how can the average
> > consumer know this when what they see in the boxes is.
> >
> > Is this a case of McMillan dropping the ball? If so maybe delaying the
> > next release to the world until the distributors can get their
> > collective heads out of their nether regions and time the download
> > version better with the retail version. (It wouldn't hurt MDK's bottom
> > line to do so either.) It really is frustrating to watch 8.2 just in
> > time for 9.0 to hit the mirrors. Not to mention what it does to sales.
> >
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> > James
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> Luke Vandervort
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> Linux, because rebooting is for adding new hardware ...
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