> Well, I just read about RH "opening up the development process" to
> outsiders, over on ZDNet. *Then* I read the "system requirements" for
10:
> 200MHz for *non-graphical*, 400MHz for graphical...*minimum*.
>
> Does RedHat think they're the next M$?

<snip>

> To me, one of my arguments is that you don't *have* to upgrade your
hardware
> until it physically gives up the ghost. It's M$ that makes you have to
> upgrade hardware, every time you get a new release. Especially in the
> middle of the most major recessino since the Depression, when
companies are
> running tight, and home users are strapped for cash, most can't afford
to
> buy new hardware.

The major difference here is, M$ refuses to support anything over three
releases old.  That means no service packs, no security fixes, nothing.
They pretty much force you to upgrade.

Redhat, on the other hand, does not do that.  You can still get patches
and updates for older OS's.

Ben


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