On Mon, Mar 24, 2003 at 03:52:02PM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > ok, so it seems that that first mailing to the RH list > was legit after all, so i'm left looking a little sheepish. > but i'm still somewhat peeved about how this was done -- > unspeakably clumsily.
This has been brought to their attention (see my sig). You weren't the only person confused. > that initial posting was more confusing than anything else. > rather than being even remotely informational, You know, it told you the version number that was going to be released, it told you how to get it early, and it told you when it was going to be formally released. I'd qualify that as at least remotely informational. > . it's *still* not clear why the jump to 9. Frankly, they don't have to tell you why the name or number anything the way they do. They didn't ask for my opinion either :-) >one would think that someone at RH would have had the > sense to predict that most serious red hatters would want > to know about that, yet there was no explanation. Perhaps one is forthcoming. After all, we haven't seen much come out yet, and for all we know they'll publish more information later. > and, more to the point, that posting was pure spam. it > provided no information, answered no questions -- just > announced RHN for red hat 9, and "click here" to join > and give us some of your money. "Well, we've responded. Starting March 31st at 9am Eastern, you can start downloading Red Hat Linux 9 ISOs -- a week before they will be generally available in retail stores or via Red Hat FTP." What, when, and where - all in one compact paragraph. -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
