Derick,Thanks for commenting; I still think if they're going to list it at all, they should at least put out a solicitation for more Pismo trials. Small company, notwithstanding, they could send out a few free DVD's to us diehard Pismo owners with "best known installation instructions" and prespecified review form, and let us have a go 'round with it. Maybe even answer a couple of questions on their help line.Then they could decide whether to leave it posted or drop it. Otherwise, I suppose they sell 5.0 some to Pismo owners who end up disappointed.
JB
On Sep 26, 2007, at 7:44 AM, Derick Centeno wrote:
Hi JB:I understand your frustration. I am not representing TSS in any way; I am however a longtime user of YDL and participant of these lists.TSS, despite their skills and success, is a really small company. In general, although large companies can acquire all kinds of computers for exhaustive testing (including maintaining a warehouse for every variety of aging computers and supporting the rent), smaller companies cannot implement this strategy as their resources are extremely limited.TSS could have chosen to just drop the Pismo entirely listing it as defunct and unavailable, however they made the extra effort to enlist the cooperation of a willing YDL user who reported the results which were posted. I don't believe many companies would have been as considerate.Discussion List for New Yellow Dog Linux Users <[email protected]>From: Jim Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 2007/09/25 Tue PM 07:31:21 CDT To:Subject: Re: The right YDL version for an iMac DVI have questioned whether YDL 5.0 can run on a G3 Pismo. Somebody on the list said he got it to run on his and the TSS site relates ONE user's experience that he got it to run, but with a couple of functions missing. The TSS site leaves the Pismo in a swirling fog of uncertainty. I don't understand why they can't just take a few Pismo's, do the installs, or try, and make a more definitive statement about whether 5.0 will work on them. Why not just do that so we don't need to guess and spend god knows how many frustrating hours trying to get the thing to work? JB_______________________________________________ yellowdog-newbie mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-newbie
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