It seems to me IMHO that it is up to Ximian to verify wether or not one of their progs work on a given OS. Now if RH 9 came with said app and it did not work, then there would be basis for an argument.
Richard Humphrey -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Colburn Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 9:25 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: new Redhat 9 and Red-carpet Isn't Ximian Evolution a *very* commonly used app? Are you saying that it is unreasonable to expect RH to test to see if their latest OS release actually *worked* with commonly used apps? Are you saying that it's unreasonable to expect RH to provide a minimal level of backward compatibility (say perhaps even only *one* level of prior release)? No one asked for them to rewrite another company's app but the least they could do is to flag incompatibilities *created* by *their* changes so the customer may make an *informed* decision to upgrade or not. Since my office threw Linux out for these reasons I don't face these kinds of embarrassing situations any more. It seems a little more sympathy for those who do is in order. My RH9 arrives soon. Wonder what else they broke that they *forgot* to mention? Sigh ... doc > > Didn't Redhat Think to test this before releasing a new version of > > Redhat? > > They didn't think to test that some other company's proprietary software > works on their open source OS? I can't think of an answer to that that > wouldn't be taken as insulting, so I'll just let you think about it. > -- > Cliff Wells, Software Engineer > Logiplex Corporation (www.logiplex.net) > (503) 978-6726 x308 (800) 735-0555 x308 > > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
