Just about when 10.1 was released a thought came to me that I wanted to
share: Why was 10.1 delayed? Not because the package management system
was not working ('just another bug'), but more importantly, that the
next release (+6 months from then) would fall onto Christmas [expl. see
below].
Previously - i.e. if the regular schedule was kept
* 2005-10-06 10.0 Final (wiki)
* +6.5 months 2006-03-25 10.1 Final (math)
* +6 months 2006-10-xx 10.2 Final (math)
Note that OpenBSD would have been released right after it, 2006-11-01.
Currently - how it really turned out:
* 2006-05-11 10.1 Final
* +6 months 2006-12-07 10.2 Final (math)
Now, vendors have some time to preinstall it onto machines and have them
sold by Christmas with a _new shiny_ 10.2 rather than a 2.5 month old
version. Beats both OpenBSD 4 (1.5 months old) and Vista (not to be
released until after xmas).
Intersting marketing idea. Conspiracy Ferpecto! :-)
-`J'
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