Not only the brutality on the developers, but the business sense. If I make software that people like and my source of income from that software is through support fees which get increasingly more frequent for the newer, more buggy software, I should do something that would make those customers move up from a rock solid release to a version that requires more support and higher fees.
Sounds like a sound business move from their perspective... Tom > -----Original Message----- > From: Russell Teague [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 4:58 PM > To: e-smith-devinfo > Subject: [e-smith-devinfo] Red Hat Linux End of Life support > > > I searched the archives and didn't find a thread on this one. > > What's the community consensus on Red(mond) Hat's new EOL policy? > http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2002-12-19-018-26-NW-RH-SW ---snip--- We have also taken this opportunity to clarify the end of life dates for errata support for our current products: Red Hat Linux 8.0 (Psyche) December 31, 2003 Red Hat Linux 7.3 (Valhalla) December 31, 2003 Red Hat Linux 7.2 (Enigma) December 31, 2003 Red Hat Linux 7.1 (Seawolf) December 31, 2003 Red Hat Linux 7.0 (Guinness) March 31, 2003 Red Hat Linux 6.2 (Zoot) March 31, 2003 ---snip--- Kinda quick if you ask me. And it makes it brutish on the developers to keep up. Russell Teague [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://mtnbike.org If you don't see the battle, you are not in the fight. -- Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Searchable archive at http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org -- Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Searchable archive at http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org
