Re: [Fwd: Red Hat Linux 9 | Get the latest Linux early]

2003-03-25 Thread Rick Johnson
Roger wrote: Some people may argue they are worthless to start off with. On Mon, 24 Mar 2003, Billy wrote: Its not the version number that people care about...the RHCE cert is based on version numbers. So the big jump in version numbers makes the cert worthless a lot faster! Those people haven

RE: [Fwd: Red Hat Linux 9 | Get the latest Linux early]

2003-03-25 Thread Roger
Some people may argue they are worthless to start off with. On Mon, 24 Mar 2003, Billy wrote: > Its not the version number that people care about...the RHCE cert is based > on version numbers. So the big jump in version numbers makes the cert > worthless a lot faster! > > -- redhat-list mail

Re: [Fwd: Red Hat Linux 9 | Get the latest Linux early]

2003-03-25 Thread T. Ribbrock
On Tue, Mar 25, 2003 at 08:37:41AM +0800, Edward Dekkers wrote: > Other users - seriously - let's not debate over the number hey? Who cares > what it's called as long as it works? But that's the point, from my view. I *always* skipped the x.0's (in fact, I skipped the x.1's as well) and reading ab

Re: [Fwd: Red Hat Linux 9 | Get the latest Linux early]

2003-03-24 Thread Edward Dekkers
> Didn't they do something similar with RH7.3? I mean, didn't it jump > from 7.3 to 8.0? I seem to remember a jump of a few ordinals to 8.0. > But I could be wrong, can someone correct me? Yes, that is correct. It usually happend that way though. I remember 5.0, 5.1, 5.2 then jump to 6.0, 6.1, 6

Re: [Fwd: Red Hat Linux 9 | Get the latest Linux early]

2003-03-24 Thread Bill Anderson
On Mon, 2003-03-24 at 15:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Red Hat generally only bumps up the main version number due to binary > icompatibilities. That being said, they could do this on a whim if they > like. It is merely a ploy to get people to go use their "Advanced" line of > products if they w

Re: [Fwd: Red Hat Linux 9 | Get the latest Linux early]

2003-03-24 Thread James_Martin
Red Hat generally only bumps up the main version number due to binary icompatibilities. That being said, they could do this on a whim if they like. It is merely a ploy to get people to go use their "Advanced" line of products if they want product stability. A great way to aggrevate their RHCE's

Re: [Fwd: Red Hat Linux 9 | Get the latest Linux early]

2003-03-24 Thread Bill Anderson
On Mon, 2003-03-24 at 14:31, Ed Wilts wrote: > On Mon, Mar 24, 2003 at 03:10:35PM -0600, John Nichel wrote: > > Ed Wilts wrote: > > > On Mon, Mar 24, 2003 at 01:48:24PM -0600, John Nichel wrote: > > > > > >>Red Hat 9 What happened to 8.1? > > > > > > Who says there should have been an 8.1?

Re: [Fwd: Red Hat Linux 9 | Get the latest Linux early]

2003-03-24 Thread Tim Willis
Didn't they do something similar with RH7.3? I mean, didn't it jump from 7.3 to 8.0? I seem to remember a jump of a few ordinals to 8.0. But I could be wrong, can someone correct me? -- J. Tim Willis “A Computer without Windows is like a chocolate cake without mustard.” -- redhat-list maili

Re: [Fwd: Red Hat Linux 9 | Get the latest Linux early]

2003-03-24 Thread Ed Wilts
On Mon, Mar 24, 2003 at 03:10:35PM -0600, John Nichel wrote: > Ed Wilts wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 24, 2003 at 01:48:24PM -0600, John Nichel wrote: > > > >>Red Hat 9 What happened to 8.1? > > > > Who says there should have been an 8.1? Just because a whole bunch of > > people assumed the next v

Re: [Fwd: Red Hat Linux 9 | Get the latest Linux early]

2003-03-24 Thread Bill Anderson
On Mon, 2003-03-24 at 13:26, Ed Wilts wrote: > On Mon, Mar 24, 2003 at 01:48:24PM -0600, John Nichel wrote: > > Red Hat 9 What happened to 8.1? > > Who says there should have been an 8.1? Just because a whole bunch of > people assumed the next version number was going to be 8.1 doesn't make

Re: [Fwd: Red Hat Linux 9 | Get the latest Linux early]

2003-03-24 Thread John Nichel
Ed Wilts wrote: On Mon, Mar 24, 2003 at 01:48:24PM -0600, John Nichel wrote: Red Hat 9 What happened to 8.1? Who says there should have been an 8.1? Just because a whole bunch of people assumed the next version number was going to be 8.1 doesn't make it so. Red Hat doesn't pre-announce ve

RE: [Fwd: Red Hat Linux 9 | Get the latest Linux early]

2003-03-24 Thread Billy
:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Fwd: Red Hat Linux 9 | Get the latest Linux early] On Mon, Mar 24, 2003 at 01:48:24PM -0600, John Nichel wrote: > Red Hat 9 What happened to 8.1? Who says there should have been an 8.1? Just because a whole bunch of people assumed the next vers

RE: [Fwd: Red Hat Linux 9 | Get the latest Linux early]

2003-03-24 Thread Nicholas Marsh
quot; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [Fwd: Red Hat Linux 9 | Get the latest Linux early] Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 14:01:50 -0600 Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > I doubt it... > > http://www.redhat.com/mktg/rh9iso/ So, does anyone know what's new/ improved/ changed from 8? Jody

Re: [Fwd: Red Hat Linux 9 | Get the latest Linux early]

2003-03-24 Thread Ed Wilts
On Mon, Mar 24, 2003 at 01:48:24PM -0600, John Nichel wrote: > Red Hat 9 What happened to 8.1? Who says there should have been an 8.1? Just because a whole bunch of people assumed the next version number was going to be 8.1 doesn't make it so. Red Hat doesn't pre-announce version numbers, a

RE: [Fwd: Red Hat Linux 9 | Get the latest Linux early]

2003-03-24 Thread Daevid Vincent
Or more specifically from 8.1 ?? I can't see there being 0.9 versions worth of changes since 8.1 (which wasn't even released). This reeks of marketing spin. *sigh* That really makes me sad to see RH pulling a slimey microsoft move. I remember when they (m$) released Visual J and it STARTED at v6

RE: [Fwd: Red Hat Linux 9 | Get the latest Linux early]

2003-03-24 Thread Jody Cleveland
> I doubt it... > > http://www.redhat.com/mktg/rh9iso/ So, does anyone know what's new/ improved/ changed from 8? Jody -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: [Fwd: Red Hat Linux 9 | Get the latest Linux early]

2003-03-24 Thread DuSTiN KRySaK
On 3/24/03 11:39 AM, "Ric Tibbetts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spit this out onto my computer screen: > It has to be a typo. > > Ric > And if it is not a typo - are these release ISO's? Or a beta of some kind? Dustin -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.

RE: [Fwd: Red Hat Linux 9 | Get the latest Linux early]

2003-03-24 Thread Daevid Vincent
I doubt it... http://www.redhat.com/mktg/rh9iso/ > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ric Tibbetts > Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 11:39 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Fwd: Red Hat Linux 9 | Get the

Re: [Fwd: Red Hat Linux 9 | Get the latest Linux early]

2003-03-24 Thread Ric Tibbetts
It has to be a typo. Ric On Mon, Mar 24, 2003 at 01:48:24PM -0600, John Nichel wrote: > Red Hat 9 What happened to 8.1? > > Original Message > Subject: Red Hat Linux 9 | Get the latest Linux early > Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 19:18:21 - > From: "Red Hat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [Fwd: Red Hat Linux 9 | Get the latest Linux early]

2003-03-24 Thread Daevid Vincent
I was just thinking the exact same thing!? As John Stewart says on the daily show "Whhh?" > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Nichel > Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 11:48 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Fwd: