-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Good morning, James...
On Monday 24 March 2003 10:10 pm, James Sparenberg wrote: > <snip> > Beginning March 31, 2003, paid subscribers to Red Hat Network will > have access to Red Hat Linux 9 ISOs - a full week before retail store > and Red Hat FTP availability. Also, Red Hat Network subscribers will > receive dedicated Red Hat Network Technical Support. > </snip> > > Two interesting things here. One. RH is jumping from 8.0 to 9.0 > Second is the way they are releasing.. first to paying RHN members then > to the public. Note that they are also holding back the formal release > of the download version till the product is in the stores. Yes, and since I am a registered RedHat developer *and* coincidentally a registered Mandrake subscriber, I have several different views on the emergence of this tactic. On one hand, it puts the upgrade in my hands faster than former methods, which I view as good. Anything that will put a mature product in my hands faster is construed as a good thing <tm>. On the other hand, I can just about hear the peebles shouting in frustration at having to wait for the "latest and greatest" because they didn't subscribe. Either way, this drives the buyers either to buy a subscription or to buy a branded copy at their nearest store. Either way, it puts more money in the pockets of the developers, which is a good thing <tm> too. Is it a necessary evil? While I'll concede this is probably not something that is entirely on-topic, since most everyone reading this uses Linux in one form or another, I submit that any strategies put forth by the manufacturers which will (1) provide us with better product(s), (2) give them a fair profit for their efforts, and (3) thus continue the development process forward perhaps is a necessity, given the current software market. As for RedHat jumping from 8.0 to 9.0, I've been wondering about that all day since I received my notification earlier that on the 31st I will be able to download the ISO's at an advantageous time compared to non-subscribers. Perhaps someone here knows why the version number boogety-boogety. Now back on topic, we are saying Mandrake 9.1 will be released when? 8-) Dave - -- Dave Laird ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) The Used Kharma Lot / The Phoenix Project Web Page: http://www.kharma.net updated 03/05/2003 Usenet News server: news.kharma.net Musicians Calendar and Database access: http://www.kharma.net/calendar.html An automatic & random thought For the Minute: Do not seek death; death will find you. But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment. -- Dag Hammarskjold -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+f/pBaE1ENZP1A28RAm8pAKCNj35tHGWm37KSqUVltWmvqA1lbACgv/Hk w+P7aQvWE49Y4BDQK9DoTBU= =VBuo -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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