On Tue, 25 Mar 2003 08:29:48 +1100 Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Right On to that, Stephen! !- > On Tue, 2003-03-25 at 07:52, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > this whole thing was really poorly done. > > > > rday > > Yet another reason why my business, and myself are being pushed away by > the whole "new" direction that RedHat has gone in. Sadly, after nearly > ten years of "sticking" to RedHat, I'm going to have to divert my > interests to another distribution that isn't going to follow in the > footsteps of the larger looming monsters such as Microsoft and IBM. > Bouncing versions like this, especially after pushing the version 8.1 > idea for so long, is more than poorly done - it's as though the > principle behind the versioning scheme has been thrown out of the window > altogether without thinking of the long term effects on the people that > have come to depend on them - and in thinking that users/sellers of > systems with 7.2/7.3 versions are going to be literally out on the > streets with this version change, they're making for some really bad > business karma. > > I fear that RedHat, IF this move goes through, which I'm sure it is now, > is going to cause quite a ripple throughout the overall RedHat > community; and if the entire ploy is aimed at "Big Business" and > commercial services, they're certainly going to find out that some folks > are going to opt for a different distribution instead of fighting the > "version is now outdated" trap. > > IMHO this is - but I'm not going to chuck more money down the drain for > a distro I've started to not like or trust. And it really sucks that > after all these years, I'm starting to "not trust" RedHat. > > -- > Tue Mar 25 08:20:00 EST 2003 > 08:20:00 up 3 days, 19:07, 4 users, load average: 0.06, 0.16, 0.15 > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > | __ __ | kuhn media australia | > | / ,, /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | > | .\__/ || | | |=================================| > | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn | > | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | |/ ._/ |"""""""""| | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | |'. `\ | | | icq: 5483808 | > | ;"""/ / | | | | > | smk ) /_/| |.-------.| | mobile: 0410-728-389 | > | ' `-`' " " | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU | > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > linux user:267497 * MDK 9.1 * PC/Mac/Linux/Networking/Consulting > machine no:194239 * RH 7.3 * Sales - Service - Support - Tutor > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > ** This messages was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer ** > > People who develop the habit of thinking of themselves as world > citizens are fulfilling the first requirement of sanity in our time. > -- Norman Cousins > > > > -- > 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
