On Tue, Mar 25, 2003 at 11:00:12AM -0800, Rick Johnson wrote: > Reuben D. Budiardja wrote: > >>>Allow me to pass along an "official" correction from an insider - this is > >>>Red Hat 9, not Red Hat 9.0. Surely it would be 8.1 if binary > >>>compatability was maintained. > > >>From the link here (posted on this list earlier): > > http://www.matrixlist.com/pipermail/leaplist/2003-March/029108.html > > > > "Starting with Red Hat Linux 9 the numbering system for > > the consumer release will be stated only as an integer. The Red Hat > > Enterprise Linux AS/ES/WS product line will retain traditional decimal > > release numbering." > > > > Hm... this will confuse me. I fail to see the reason RH changes the numbering > > scheme. > > > Three guesses: > > 1. Marketing?
Yup. > 2. To get rid of the .0 stigma? Not really. I wouldn't be surprised, though, to see Red Hat worry less about binary incompatibilities than they do today. The worrying will be in the Enterprise line where they'll face some serious consequences if they screw it up. > 3. To drive people to the Enterprise Linux Product? The drive to Enterprise Linux is to get the long-term support and stability. This is, obviously, at the expense of being able to run cutting-edge products. I tried to install the latest mailman from rawhide onto an AS2.1 system and eventually gave up. The incompabilities are just too great. Does Red Hat want people to go to Enterprise Linux? Sure, that's where the revenue is. Without the redistributable line, however, Red Hat would have to do their own QA on every product that they don't even write, and they probably decided that shipping and supporting a free version was lower cost to them. I also think tha Red Hat is realistic and knows that not everybody will jump to RHEL - I certainly can't afford $349 per year at home for the OS. At work, yes, because my time is worth something. At home, I'll be running the redistributable versions for quite a while. -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
