On Sunday 02 November 2003 09:00 pm, John Wilson wrote: > On November 2, 2003 04:18 pm, Greg Meyer wrote: > > On Sunday 02 November 2003 07:11 pm, HaywireMac wrote: > > > I'm shocked that the public release of the ISO's will be pushed back to > > > December, tha's fer sher. > > > > I imagine we will start to see all kinds of criticism about that too. > > And it is probably the same people that would have complained if they > > released them on time with the LG problem in the kernel. > > Oh, Mandrake will, no doubt about it. Whether it's deserved or not is > another thing. Hell of a way to announce it though. > > The only thing I can think of is that there is more to this than just a > patched kernel which has already been released. Gael's post hints as much. > And that's either a good thing or a bad thing depending on what else is > holding it up. My sincerest hope is that the surprise that's hinted at is > a good one and will make a nice Christmas or New Years gift. > > Sadly, posts like that feed the rumour mill of the ignorant, the author of > that article springs to mind, and result in very little but bad publicity. > In fact the hold up itself will hence my probable need to migrate a system > or two I support from MDK to something else if it gets too bad. These > people are serious, nervous newbies who are betting their small businesses > on Linux in general and MDK in particular. > > Personally, I'll stick with it. Professionally may be something I have > little or no control over. > > Oh, and I'll bet that competing distros and the Evil Empire will be making > hay on this one, too. > > ttfn > > John I don't see where folks are getting the idea that it is the 9.2 release that Gael is talking about. I still expect to see the iso on the mirrors and think he has something else in mind. ???? -- Dennis M. linux user #180842
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