On Mon, 2003-03-24 at 22:42, Dave Laird wrote: > -----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.
I'm not saying evil... I'm saying the strategy is worth MDK investigating. At least the part about timing store copies and download version together. > > 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. I feel sorry for RH two .0 versions in a row *grin*. > > Now back on topic, we are saying Mandrake 9.1 will be released when? 8-) rc3 seems to be hitting the mirrors now... strangely enough and totally unexpected. As for the other.... we patiently await..... Just hoping for a powerpack disk only version myself. May get the powersuite instead. James
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