<quote who="Mike MacCana">

> On Fri, 2004-01-02 at 05:10, Jeff Waugh wrote:
> > <quote who="Mike MacCana">
> > 
> > > > > > Opinion: For many of the reasons why sensible people chose not to
> > > > > > upgrade their servers to Red Hat 8 and 9, you probably shouldn't
> > > > > > upgrade your server to Fedora Core 1. That's mostly to do with
> > > > > > goals, level of testing and stuff like that. 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Jeff: That needs a lot more qualification if you don't want it to
> > > > > sound like FUD.
> > > > 
> > > > It's an opinion. Were I using a Red Hat derivative, I wouldn't run a
> > > > 'real' server on 8, 9 or FC1. I'd run RHEL.
> > > 
> > > I would too. But the way you worded it sounds like anyone who ever used 8
> > > or 9 made a bad decision. The lack of technical qualification makes it
> > > fud-like.
> > 
> > [off-list]

^ alarm bells ringing! oops! hello!

> > It was qualified as an opinion. You need not be so sensitive about RH.
> 
> Its a very strong sweeping opinion that needs some kind of technical
> backup.

(Actually, the reasons for not running RH 8, 9 or FC1 are not really
techincal in nature.)

> I never said you intentionally meant to spread FUD. I just think you did
> so accidentally. No bid deal.
> 
> You need to stop using terms like 'you need to'.

Odd how I didn't use those words at all. :-)

- Jeff

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