Yep some newbie people are like that, special in those in the board. --- optimus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 25 March 2003 01:27 pm, Andres Montiel > wrote: > > > 9? I thought they usually went through .1, .2, > etc. first? > > Maybe Red Hat's feeling a bit afraid of Mandrake > gaining on the desktop, so > they decided to match the release number to > emphasize "competitive > comparisons" (like the Intel vs. AMD megahertz > rating controversy). > > It may also be due to a newbie's psychological > mindset. People who are new to > Linux "tend" to think that distros with lesser > release numbers are inferior > to distros with higher version numbers. For example, > newbies tend to unjustly > think that Mandrake 9.0 is more advanced than Red > Hat 8.0 or SUSE 8.0. > > -- > mikol > > "What I already believe with faith > can be proved by way of logic and reason." > -- St. Thomas Aquinas > _ > Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives > at http://plug.linux.org.ph > To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web > Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph > > To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send > "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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