Re: Fedora madness

2003-09-29 Thread T. Ribbrock
On Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 01:31:48PM +0200, Michael Schwendt wrote: [...] > Effectively, the following lists that were introduced together > with the original Red Hat Linux Project website: > > rhl-list > rhl-devel-list > rhl-beta-list > rhl-docs-list Thanks for the clarification. Learn som

Re: Fedora madness

2003-09-29 Thread Michael Schwendt
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 08:59:26 +0200, T. Ribbrock wrote: > > > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo > > > > > > Err - "redhat-list" is still on that page, too, and so are all others. > > > > Uhm, you didn't read my message, did you? Try again,

Re: Fedora madness

2003-09-29 Thread T. Ribbrock
On Sun, Sep 28, 2003 at 02:10:56PM +0200, Michael Schwendt wrote: > On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 02:15:05 +0200, T. Ribbrock wrote: > > > > > Is anyone else subscribing to the fedora list yet? > > > > > > Yes, because all subscribers of the rhl-* lists have been transferred > > > to the fedora-* lists. Ef

Re: Fedora madness

2003-09-28 Thread Michael Schwendt
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 19:11:41 -0500, Mike Vanecek wrote: > Now I see that I misread your post. The first three messages posted to this > thread were concerned about redhat-list. Your comment about rhl-list, being > correct, but somewhat out of context,

Re: Fedora madness

2003-09-28 Thread Mike Vanecek
On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 19:27:28 +0200, Michael Schwendt wrote > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 12:04:00 -0500, Mike Vanecek wrote: > > > It is simple. All subscribers of the rhl-* lists have NOT been transfered to > > the fedora-* lists. I subscribe to both r

Re: Fedora madness

2003-09-28 Thread Michael Schwendt
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 12:04:00 -0500, Mike Vanecek wrote: > It is simple. All subscribers of the rhl-* lists have NOT been transfered to > the fedora-* lists. I subscribe to both rhl-list and fedora-list and they are > quite different. No. rhl-list is

Re: Fedora madness

2003-09-28 Thread Mike Vanecek
On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 14:12:54 +0200, Michael Schwendt wrote > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 20:17:16 -0500, Mike Vanecek wrote: > > > > On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 09:30:11 -0400, Mark Haney wrote: > > > > > > > Is anyone else subscribing to the fedora list yet?

Re: Fedora madness

2003-09-28 Thread Michael Schwendt
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 23:03:00 -0400, Vince Scimeca wrote: > I subscribed to the fedora-list and I am getting different messages then > on this list so they seem to be different. Of course they are different. - -- -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Versio

Re: Fedora madness

2003-09-28 Thread Michael Schwendt
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 20:17:16 -0500, Mike Vanecek wrote: > > On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 09:30:11 -0400, Mark Haney wrote: > > > > > Is anyone else subscribing to the fedora list yet? > > > > Yes, because all subscribers of the rhl-* lists have been transfer

Re: Fedora madness

2003-09-28 Thread Michael Schwendt
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 02:15:05 +0200, T. Ribbrock wrote: > > > Is anyone else subscribing to the fedora list yet? > > > > Yes, because all subscribers of the rhl-* lists have been transferred > > to the fedora-* lists. Effectively, the rhl-* lists have

Re: Fedora madness

2003-09-27 Thread Bret Hughes
On Sat, 2003-09-27 at 22:03, Vince Scimeca wrote: > > I subscribed to the fedora-list and I am getting different messages then > on this list so they seem to be different. > > Vince > > Ditto. Bret -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mail

Re: Fedora madness

2003-09-27 Thread Vince Scimeca
On Sat, 2003-09-27 at 21:17, Mike Vanecek wrote: > On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 16:40:27 +0200, Michael Schwendt wrote > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 09:30:11 -0400, Mark Haney wrote: > > > > > Is anyone else subscribing to the fedora list yet? > > > > Y

Re: Fedora madness

2003-09-27 Thread Mike Vanecek
On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 16:40:27 +0200, Michael Schwendt wrote > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 09:30:11 -0400, Mark Haney wrote: > > > Is anyone else subscribing to the fedora list yet? > > Yes, because all subscribers of the rhl-* lists have been transferre

Re: Fedora madness

2003-09-27 Thread T. Ribbrock
On Fri, Sep 26, 2003 at 04:40:27PM +0200, Michael Schwendt wrote: > On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 09:30:11 -0400, Mark Haney wrote: > > > Is anyone else subscribing to the fedora list yet? > > Yes, because all subscribers of the rhl-* lists have been transferred > to the fedora-* lists. Effectively, the rh

Re: Fedora

2003-09-26 Thread Richard Potter
On Thu, 25 Sep 2003, Ed Wilts wrote: > > What options are left to the SOHO server user if not Fedora or SUSE? > > The product that hasn't been announced yet. I'm not at liberty to give > out any details, but from what I've heard, it will be what many people > are looking for and more than what

Re: Fedora madness

2003-09-26 Thread Michael Schwendt
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 09:30:11 -0400, Mark Haney wrote: > Is anyone else subscribing to the fedora list yet? Yes, because all subscribers of the rhl-* lists have been transferred to the fedora-* lists. Effectively, the rhl-* lists have been renamed to

RE: Fedora madness

2003-09-26 Thread Mark Haney
Ed Wilts wrote: > Red Hat has never supported upgrades from a production release to a > beta nor from a beta to production. I believe that many people have > made it work, but it's officially unsupported. You know, that was a REALLY stupid question. I had a "DOH!" moment after sending this one

Re: Fedora madness

2003-09-26 Thread Ed Wilts
On Fri, Sep 26, 2003 at 09:30:11AM -0400, Mark Haney wrote: > I know most of what we've been discussing here as been tons of > speculation, but I have a couple more questions that I'd like opinions > (or facts if you got 'em) on. First, if I install Severn on my box, > will I be able update to the

Re: Fedora

2003-09-25 Thread Helgi Örn Helgason
On 2003-09-26, Ian Mortimer wrote: > > I didn't want to start a linux distro war, it's just that I've never > come across it on a server. I know it's popular on desktops. > Of course not, that's not my intention either, I just wanted to share my experience. I really dislike all the flaming betwe

Re: Fedora

2003-09-25 Thread Molnar Peter
On Fri, 2003-09-26 at 00:56, Helgi Örn Helgason wrote: > > > How about Mandrake? > > > > On a server? Debian or FreeBSD are likely to be more stable. > > > Perhaps, but Mandrake is probably still more common as server OS than > both of these. I experienced, that FreeBSD is very popular these day

Re: Fedora

2003-09-25 Thread Ian Mortimer
> It is in fact a very popular server OS, home users, small corporations > and large intranets alike. If you've ever installed a Mandrake OS you > would know why. I didn't want to start a linux distro war, it's just that I've never come across it on a server. I know it's popular on desktops. >

Re: Fedora

2003-09-25 Thread Helgi Örn Helgason
On 2003-09-26, Ian Mortimer wrote: > > I have to admit that my only experience with Mandrake is cleaning > up the mess after staff or students attempt to install it themselves. > And when they try Gentoo, Debian or even worse; *BSD's or MS OS's... > My impression is that Mandrake is a desktop or

Re: Fedora

2003-09-25 Thread Emmanuel Seyman
On Fri, Sep 26, 2003 at 12:33:38AM +0200, T. Ribbrock wrote: > > Why not Mandrake on a server? I haven't used it for that (my only > server runs OpenBSD), but are there any objective reasons not to? I've talked to a couple of Mandrake guys in the past and they're clearly far more interested in m

Re: Fedora

2003-09-25 Thread Ed Wilts
> What options are left to the SOHO server user if not Fedora or SUSE? The product that hasn't been announced yet. I'm not at liberty to give out any details, but from what I've heard, it will be what many people are looking for and more than what I was personally hoping for. I'm waiting patien

Re: Fedora

2003-09-25 Thread Helgi Örn Helgason
On 2003-09-26, T. Ribbrock wrote: > On Fri, Sep 26, 2003 at 08:18:39AM +1000, Ian Mortimer wrote: > Why not Mandrake on a server? I haven't used it for that (my only > server runs OpenBSD), but are there any objective reasons not to? > Probably not judging by it's popularity, just prejudices i sup

Re: Fedora

2003-09-25 Thread Helgi Örn Helgason
On 2003-09-26, Ian Mortimer wrote: > > > > What options are left to the SOHO server user if not Fedora or SUSE? > > > How about Mandrake? > > On a server? Debian or FreeBSD are likely to be more stable. > Perhaps, but Mandrake is probably still more common as server OS than both of these. Ch

Re: Fedora

2003-09-25 Thread Ian Mortimer
> Why not Mandrake on a server? I haven't used it for that (my only > server runs OpenBSD), but are there any objective reasons not to? I have to admit that my only experience with Mandrake is cleaning up the mess after staff or students attempt to install it themselves. My impression is that Ma

Re: Fedora

2003-09-25 Thread T. Ribbrock
On Fri, Sep 26, 2003 at 08:18:39AM +1000, Ian Mortimer wrote: > > > > What options are left to the SOHO server user if not Fedora or SUSE? > > > How about Mandrake? > > On a server? Debian or FreeBSD are likely to be more stable. Why not Mandrake on a server? I haven't used it for that (my o

Re: Fedora

2003-09-25 Thread Ian Mortimer
> > What options are left to the SOHO server user if not Fedora or SUSE? > How about Mandrake? On a server? Debian or FreeBSD are likely to be more stable. -- Ian -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: Fedora

2003-09-25 Thread T. Ribbrock
On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 11:27:23AM -0600, Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote: [...] > 1. You had the free package available for, well, free, and Red Hat > did not provide automatic updates. However, you _could_ get those using > other tools like yum, current, and apt-get. Fedora will still be free, >

Re: Fedora

2003-09-25 Thread T. Ribbrock
On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 09:09:06AM -0500, Mike Vanecek wrote: > What options are left to the SOHO server user if not Fedora or SUSE? I've > never used anything except RH, but would like to start thinking about a fall > back plan in case Fedora is too bleeding edge for my needs. How about Mandrake?

Re: yum/apt-get (was Re: Fedora)

2003-09-24 Thread Lorenzo Prince
Buck staggered into view and mumbled: > Hopefully Fedora will pick it up from there. To me, it would make sense > that Fedora picks up the up2date program if for no other reason than to > attract financial support from those of us willing and able to pay the > $50 - 60 per year. Up2date will be

Re: yum/apt-get (was Re: Fedora)

2003-09-24 Thread Michael Schwendt
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 11:02:23 -0700, Mike McMullen wrote: > Does anyone have an idea when the demo accounts are no longer functional? Where did you read that it would happen? - -- Michael, who doesn't reply to top posts and complete quotes anymore.

RE: yum/apt-get (was Re: Fedora)

2003-09-24 Thread Buck
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: yum/apt-get (was Re: Fedora) > Up until Monday Up2Date was free for filling out a questionaire every > two months. The $60 provided you with convenience and earlier access > to binary downloads and free binary downloads of RHEL. > > Up2Date Demo

Re: Fedora

2003-09-24 Thread rick henderson
On Tue, 2003-09-23 at 11:05, Ed Wilts wrote: > On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 10:33:25AM -0400, Sean Estabrooks wrote: > > On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 09:24:27 -0500 > > Ed Wilts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I've heard rumors that some announcements might be forthcoming this > > > week. Let's be patie

Re: yum/apt-get (was Re: Fedora)

2003-09-24 Thread Benjamin J. Weiss
> Up until Monday Up2Date was free for filling out a questionaire every > two months. The $60 provided you with convenience and earlier access to > binary downloads and free binary downloads of RHEL. > > Up2Date Demo was free for 2 months for each installation with a unique > email address. At th

RE: WTF? (was yum/apt-get (was Re: Fedora))

2003-09-24 Thread Mark Haney
Ed Wilts wrote: > On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 01:59:39PM -0400, Mark Haney wrote: >> I know it's a lot, but if someone could kernelize it for me, I'd be >> really happy. > > Read the FAQ at http://rhl.redhat.com. > Actually I was just there reading what it said, but it mostly looks to me like typical

Re: WTF? (was yum/apt-get (was Re: Fedora))

2003-09-24 Thread Ed Wilts
On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 01:59:39PM -0400, Mark Haney wrote: > I know it's a lot, but if someone could kernelize it for me, I'd be > really happy. Read the FAQ at http://rhl.redhat.com. Everything beyond what's at the link above is pure speculation. There is even confusion as to whether or not up

Re: yum/apt-get (was Re: Fedora)

2003-09-24 Thread Mike McMullen
> On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 13:37:42 -0400 > "Buck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Up until Monday Up2Date was free for filling out a questionaire every > > two months. The $60 provided you with convenience and earlier access to > > binary downloads and free binary downloads of RHEL. > > > > Up2Date Dem

RE: WTF? (was yum/apt-get (was Re: Fedora))

2003-09-24 Thread Mark Haney
Okay, I'm a bit behind on this discussion because of the lovely OS that is WinBloze and it's billions of holes. I'd easily say one hole per dollar of Mr. Gates net worth. Let me get this straight, RH started the Fedora project to separate the 'free' ISO builds that are downloadable from it's Ente

Re: yum/apt-get (was Re: Fedora)

2003-09-24 Thread Sean Estabrooks
On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 13:37:42 -0400 "Buck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Up until Monday Up2Date was free for filling out a questionaire every > two months. The $60 provided you with convenience and earlier access to > binary downloads and free binary downloads of RHEL. > > Up2Date Demo wa

RE: yum/apt-get (was Re: Fedora)

2003-09-24 Thread Buck
48 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: yum/apt-get (was Re: Fedora) Marc Adler wrote: >Let me get this straight: I paid RH for update support >for a year on two machines when I could've gotten the exact same thing >for free? > > Yes, that's correct. Thanks for helping

Re: yum/apt-get (was Re: Fedora)

2003-09-24 Thread Alan Peery
Marc Adler wrote: Let me get this straight: I paid RH for update support for a year on two machines when I could've gotten the exact same thing for free? Yes, that's correct. Thanks for helping support Redhat, a company who has done a lot of good work for us all. I did my part by buying a bo

Re: Fedora

2003-09-23 Thread Rodolfo J. Paiz
At 18:35 9/23/2003, you wrote: Tom Callaway of RedHat already said that they'd be open to helping out: http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2003-September/msg00133.html Tom's a good man, and he makes his point well. Overall, I have been and am happy with Red Hat. Despite all the speculation

Re: yum/apt-get (was Re: Fedora)

2003-09-23 Thread Hal Burgiss
On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 02:37:02PM -1000, Marc Adler wrote: > I've followed this thread with interest, especially the references to > yum and apt-get. Let me get this straight: I paid RH for update support > for a year on two machines when I could've gotten the exact same thing > for free? Yes. No

yum/apt-get (was Re: Fedora)

2003-09-23 Thread Marc Adler
I've followed this thread with interest, especially the references to yum and apt-get. Let me get this straight: I paid RH for update support for a year on two machines when I could've gotten the exact same thing for free? -- Tue, 23 Sep 2003 14:33:59 -1000 Linux 2.4.20-20.9 Mutt 1.4.1i (2003-03-

Re: Fedora

2003-09-23 Thread Sean Estabrooks
On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 10:08:58 +1000 Ian Mortimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A large and potentially larger part of the Linux market is in the > education sector. Many schools/colleges/universities don't have budgets > to pay for expensive software licenses (one reason many are moving from > Wind

Re: Fedora

2003-09-23 Thread Ian Mortimer
A large and potentially larger part of the Linux market is in the education sector. Many schools/colleges/universities don't have budgets to pay for expensive software licenses (one reason many are moving from Windows). Some software vendors offer unsupported non-commercial licenses at discount

Re: Fedora

2003-09-23 Thread Kent Borg
On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 03:17:30PM -0600, Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote: > 2. I do not need any support at all... none whatsoever. Just the > updates, ma'am, delivered automatically by some software tool (and we > certainly have more than one that can do the job). Or, to put that another way, w

RE: Fedora

2003-09-23 Thread Matthew Saltzman
On Tue, 23 Sep 2003, Buck wrote: > What really has my attention is the contract associated with Red Hat. > > The contract requires a user to buy on server package for each computer > its on. Even though GNU/open source says it can be freely distributed, > Red Hat is negating that. In many cases,

Re: Fedora

2003-09-23 Thread Sean Estabrooks
On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 15:17:30 -0600 "Rodolfo J. Paiz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 1. I would like updates and patches to be issued for longer > than 12 months, maybe 18 or 24 so I don't have to reinstall > as often. Sure, this is a real gap in the product range. >

Re: Fedora

2003-09-23 Thread Sean Estabrooks
On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 16:49:27 -0400 "Buck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My answer you quoted below are in response to a statement that WS is > only $179 with support and ES is $349 with support. I corrected him by > saying that the prices with support are $299 for WS and $799 for ES. > > Nobo

Re: Fedora

2003-09-23 Thread Rodolfo J. Paiz
At 12:40 9/23/2003, you wrote: i'd be impressed if someone here can articulate what they're willing to pay for above Fedora and not willing to pay for (ie. can be removed) from the Enterprise offerings. 1. I would like updates and patches to be issued for longer than 12 months, maybe 18 or

Re: Fedora

2003-09-23 Thread Sean Estabrooks
On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 13:54:32 -0700 Rhugga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yea, I have to agree with most on this thread, there is no future in > selling Red Hat/Linux support. It has already been tried anyway on the > west coast with these companies that started competing with > Sun/EMC/HP/Compaq

Re: Fedora

2003-09-23 Thread Rhugga
Buck wrote: My answer you quoted below are in response to a statement that WS is only $179 with support and ES is $349 with support. I corrected him by saying that the prices with support are $299 for WS and $799 for ES. Is this whole thread about software support? Who the hell needs softwa

RE: Fedora

2003-09-23 Thread Buck
Behalf Of Sean Estabrooks Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 2:40 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Fedora On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 14:31:20 -0400 "Buck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Support What support? The products you listed are only the > product and up2date for 1

Re: Fedora

2003-09-23 Thread Sean Estabrooks
On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 15:30:54 -0400 "Buck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My sentiments exactly. > > But add this. If I can support the product, I get a customer. Along > with that, I would purchase a boxed edition for the customer to put on > his shelf, and at least a minimal support package so

Re: Dumb-ass Question Re: Fedora

2003-09-23 Thread Ed Wilts
On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 03:15:37PM -0400, David Hart wrote: > I cannot quite catch up on this thread for lack of time. WTF is > "Fedora?" http://rhl.redhat.com -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program -- redhat-list mailing lis

RE: Fedora

2003-09-23 Thread Buck
, I could sell them installation and support their server for a year. Better bargain than MS. Buck -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Ihnat Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 1:47 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Fedora On Tue, Sep

Dumb-ass Question Re: Fedora

2003-09-23 Thread David Hart
I cannot quite catch up on this thread for lack of time. WTF is "Fedora?" Thanks. -- Hart's PGP Key: 0x7BFF655E - http://TQMcube.com/hart_pgp.txt Total Qual

RE: Fedora

2003-09-23 Thread Buck
Rodolfo J. Paiz Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 1:27 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Fedora At 11:01 9/23/2003, you wrote: >I think that the real problem is that we once had available the >download of the grand package and updates for $60.00 and now we can >only get a part of the pa

Re: Fedora

2003-09-23 Thread Lorenzo Prince
Buck staggered into view and mumbled: > I think that the real problem is that we once had available the download > of the grand package and updates for $60.00 and now we can only get a > part of the package and updates for $349. > > Sticker shock to those of us used to free. Actually, the way I

Re: Fedora

2003-09-23 Thread Sean Estabrooks
On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 14:31:20 -0400 "Buck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Support What support? The products you listed are only the product > and up2date for 1 year! > > The cost of these two products is actually $799 and $299 respectively. > Look again my friend. > Actually you're wron

RE: Fedora

2003-09-23 Thread Wade Chandler
To all: 1rst question is: Who do your customers think write the packages they are using in RH? Comment 1: It isn't Red Hat (well a few are..but only a few). 2nd question is: How do you explain the price benefits? Comment 2: You shouldn't be telling anyone that Red Hat is actually fixing all of

RE: Fedora

2003-09-23 Thread Buck
Behalf Of Sean Estabrooks Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 11:15 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Fedora On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 09:05:28 -0600 "Rodolfo J. Paiz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sean, in the corporate world you may be right, although even then, it > strike

RE: Fedora

2003-09-23 Thread Buck
Estabrooks Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 10:47 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Fedora On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 09:43:59 -0500 Dave Ihnat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 10:25:00AM -0400, Sean Estabrooks wrote: > > Both of these options are reasonably pric

RE: Fedora

2003-09-23 Thread Buck
ink 4 months is long enough to declare a system reliable. My 1/2 cents worth. Buck -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Sisler Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 10:37 AM To: RedHat List Subject: Re: Fedora Snip I think there needs to be

Re: Fedora

2003-09-23 Thread Dave Ihnat
On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 10:46:46AM -0400, Sean Estabrooks wrote: > Not at all. Do you think you DESERVE support for free, do you have any > place to get the support they offer CHEAPER? Can you provide what they > provide for a better price ? I don't need support. I need a packaged, recognizab

Re: Fedora

2003-09-23 Thread Ed Wilts
On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 01:26:01PM -0400, Buck wrote: > There is no doubt that RH is in it for the money. Let's be clear here: Red Hat is not a non-profit charity. They're a publicly traded company and to operate at a loss would not be fair to their shareholders. Red Hat has business people

RE: Fedora

2003-09-23 Thread Rodolfo J. Paiz
At 11:01 9/23/2003, you wrote: I think that the real problem is that we once had available the download of the grand package and updates for $60.00 and now we can only get a part of the package and updates for $349. Sticker shock to those of us used to free. No, you're mixing things here (and I don

RE: Fedora

2003-09-23 Thread Buck
0:33 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Fedora > > It looks like not enough people voted with dollars and cents to ensure > > that RedHat could provide the services you're looking for. I see no > > reason to believe that Fedora will be less stable than RHL 10 ...

RE: Fedora

2003-09-23 Thread Rick Warner
On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 19:19, Buck wrote: > LOL Ok you got me. I guess that because there is no .0 there will be no > official upgrade. Maybe this was in the works longer than RH is letting > on. No, this is a marketing decision to "keep up with the Jones's" or in this case Sun Microsystems. Ve

Re: Fedora

2003-09-23 Thread Sean Estabrooks
On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 10:08:24 -0600 "Rodolfo J. Paiz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Rodolfo, I share your sentiment about RedHat. > How's this for a thought? Make SS available for $99/year. Include > everything a small business server needs (which I think makes it > equivalent to ES), offer automat

RE: Fedora

2003-09-23 Thread Buck
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sean Estabrooks Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 10:25 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Fedora On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 09:09:06 -0500 "Mike Vanecek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Before I go on. I run RH9 at home. I used RH at the last plac

Re: Fedora

2003-09-23 Thread Ed Wilts
On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 10:08:24AM -0600, Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote: > At 09:15 9/23/2003, you wrote: > >Ed mentioned that perhaps such an offering is on the horizon. I'm > >struggling to imagine how they will differentiate it from Fedora and > >Enterprise. > > How's this for a thought? Make SS avail

Re: Fedora

2003-09-23 Thread Rodolfo J. Paiz
At 09:15 9/23/2003, you wrote: Well, you get a better product for that money but you're right it's not exactly cheap. I think it's _fair_ but i agree it might be out of range for some situations. I don't claim it's highway robbery. I believe it is similar to the real cost of using Windows, and t

Re: Fedora

2003-09-23 Thread Ed Wilts
On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 10:33:25AM -0400, Sean Estabrooks wrote: > On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 09:24:27 -0500 > Ed Wilts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I've heard rumors that some announcements might be forthcoming this > > week. Let's be patient for a bit... > > > > Hey Ed, > > Care to share your

RE: Fedora

2003-09-23 Thread Bret Hughes
On Tue, 2003-09-23 at 10:25, Buck wrote: > My thoughts too. > > I can just picture the following happening all over the country: > > I am a small business manager. I have 5 or more employees using XP at > home. I want a file server for my network. Since I have a number of > users that are fami

[Fwd: Re: Fedora Project: Announcing New Direction]

2003-09-23 Thread Aly Dharshi
-Forwarded Message- From: Michael K. Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Fedora Project: Announcing New Direction Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 11:48:18 -0400 On Mon, Sep 22, 2003 at 01:35:11PM -0400, MJang wrote: > If I'm hearing

Re: Fedora

2003-09-23 Thread Sean Estabrooks
On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 11:25:21 -0400 "Buck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My thoughts too. > > I can just picture the following happening all over the country: > > I am a small business manager. I have 5 or more employees using XP at > home. I want a file server for my network. Since I have a nu

Re: Fedora

2003-09-23 Thread Alan Hodgson
On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 11:19:34AM -0400, Wade Chandler wrote: > I personally would like to start a project for a centralized desktop > menu and shortcut install (work like windows menu for any desktop). A > standardized linux menu and icon repository so that all software can add > a new menu to a

Re: Fedora

2003-09-23 Thread Sean Estabrooks
On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 09:05:28 -0600 "Rodolfo J. Paiz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sean, in the corporate world you may be right, although even then, it > strikes me that to take market share away from Windows, they should be > cheaper. Given a two-year cycle of upgrades (not that common), it'

RE: Fedora

2003-09-23 Thread Wade Chandler
] On Behalf Of Dave Ihnat Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 10:44 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Fedora On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 10:25:00AM -0400, Sean Estabrooks wrote: > Both of these options are reasonably priced and give you more value, > stability, and support for the money than yo

RE: Fedora

2003-09-23 Thread Buck
logical from that point of view? Buck -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Johnathan Bailes Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 10:20 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Fedora On Tue, 2003-09-23 at 10:09, Mike Vanecek wrote: > [snip] >

Re: Fedora

2003-09-23 Thread Rodolfo J. Paiz
At 08:25 9/23/2003, you wrote: Both of these options are reasonably priced and give you more value, stability, and support for the money than you're likely to find elsewhere: http://www.redhat.com/software/rhel/es/ server for $349 http://www.redhat.com/software/rhel/ws/ workstation for $179

Re: Fedora

2003-09-23 Thread Sean Estabrooks
On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 09:43:59 -0500 Dave Ihnat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 10:25:00AM -0400, Sean Estabrooks wrote: > > Both of these options are reasonably priced and give you more value, > > stability, and support for the money than you're likely to find > > elsewhere: >

Re: Fedora

2003-09-23 Thread Dave Ihnat
On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 10:25:00AM -0400, Sean Estabrooks wrote: > Both of these options are reasonably priced and give you more value, > stability, and support for the money than you're likely to find elsewhere: > > http://www.redhat.com/software/rhel/es/ server for $349 > http://www.redhat

Re: Fedora

2003-09-23 Thread Johnathan Bailes
On Tue, 2003-09-23 at 10:22, Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote: > At 07:57 9/23/2003, you wrote: > >The market has already set the intro price for most OS products and RH > >Enterprise Workstation exceeds that market price by about $100 US as I > >noted in my original mail. $179 dollars US is a high price to

Re: Fedora

2003-09-23 Thread Sean Estabrooks
On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 09:24:27 -0500 Ed Wilts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've heard rumors that some announcements might be forthcoming this > week. Let's be patient for a bit... > Hey Ed, Care to share your source or to speculate what the announcement might entail? Redhat has already sai

Re: Fedora

2003-09-23 Thread Eric Sisler
On Tue, 2003-09-23 at 07:07, Johnathan Bailes wrote: > I don't know I tend to agree with the original sentiment. In comparison > to both linux distros and the competition from closed sources the RHE > price tag seems a bit high and at the same time fedora might seem a bit > too bleeding edge. Yo

Re: Fedora

2003-09-23 Thread gh
> > It looks like not enough people voted with dollars and cents to ensure > > that RedHat could provide the services you're looking for. I see no > > reason to believe that Fedora will be less stable than RHL 10 ... > > The net result of this resent change may very well lead to > > more improv

Re: Fedora

2003-09-23 Thread Sean Estabrooks
On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 09:09:06 -0500 "Mike Vanecek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Before I go on. I run RH9 at home. I used RH at the last place I > > worked. I do not like the behavior and configuration methods in > > Suse. SuSeConfig is an evil mess that can wax custom options on the > > next

Re: Fedora

2003-09-23 Thread Ed Wilts
On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 09:09:06AM -0500, Mike Vanecek wrote: > What options are left to the SOHO server user if not Fedora or SUSE? I've > never used anything except RH, but would like to start thinking about a fall > back plan in case Fedora is too bleeding edge for my needs. I've heard rumors t

Re: Fedora

2003-09-23 Thread Rodolfo J. Paiz
At 07:57 9/23/2003, you wrote: The market has already set the intro price for most OS products and RH Enterprise Workstation exceeds that market price by about $100 US as I noted in my original mail. $179 dollars US is a high price to pay for the bottom line workstation install of a OS in comparis

Re: Fedora

2003-09-23 Thread Johnathan Bailes
On Tue, 2003-09-23 at 10:09, Mike Vanecek wrote: > [snip] > > What options are left to the SOHO server user if not Fedora or SUSE? I've > never used anything except RH, but would like to start thinking about a fall > back plan in case Fedora is too bleeding edge for my needs. Thank you Mike. Tha

Re: Fedora

2003-09-23 Thread Mike Vanecek
On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 09:57:01 -0400, Johnathan Bailes wrote > On Tue, 2003-09-23 at 09:18, Sean Estabrooks wrote: > > Hi Johnathan, > > > > It looks like not enough people voted with dollars and cents to ensure > > that RedHat could provide the services you're looking for. I see no > > reason to

Re: Fedora

2003-09-23 Thread Johnathan Bailes
On Tue, 2003-09-23 at 09:18, Sean Estabrooks wrote: > Hi Johnathan, > > It looks like not enough people voted with dollars and cents to ensure > that RedHat could provide the services you're looking for. I see no > reason to believe that Fedora will be less stable than RHL 10. If you > need su

Re: Fedora

2003-09-23 Thread Sean Estabrooks
On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 09:07:33 -0400 Johnathan Bailes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't know I tend to agree with the original sentiment. In comparison > to both linux distros and the competition from closed sources the RHE > price tag seems a bit high and at the same time fedora might seem a bi

Re: Fedora

2003-09-23 Thread Johnathan Bailes
On Tue, 2003-09-23 at 06:28, Sean Estabrooks wrote: > On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 15:25:15 -0600 > "Rodolfo J. Paiz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > No, Benjamin has a point: another change (d) is that the free version > > will not be "branded" Red Hat, as I also mentioned earlier. This _could_ > > beli

RE: Fedora

2003-09-23 Thread Buck
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Wilts Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 10:29 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Fedora On Mon, Sep 22, 2003 at 10:19:41PM -0400, Buck wrote: > I guess that because there is no .0 there will be no > official upgrade. How you came to that co

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