RE: Red Hat Linux 9 | Get the latest Linux early (fwd)

2003-03-25 Thread Ward William E DLDN
Africa knows who you are... Bill Ward > -Original Message- > From: Robert P. J. Day [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 3:00 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: redhat mailing list > Subject: Red Hat Linux 9 | Get the latest Linux early (fwd) > >

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: Red Hat Linux 9 | Get the latest Linux early (fwd)

2003-03-25 Thread Roger
Red Hat has been using this company for quite some time in the mailout of their 'Under the Brim' newsletter which you can subscribe on their front page. On Mon, 24 Mar 2003, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > if this is in fact legit, i'm more than a little stunned. who at > red hat decided to provide

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: Red Hat Linux 9 | Get the latest Linux early (fwd)

2003-03-24 Thread Michael Schwendt
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 24 Mar 2003 14:56:28 -0500 (EST), Robert P. J. Day wrote: > before anyone gets too cranked up about this, it is almost > certainly bogus. look at the return email address -- > redhat.chtah.com. > > a quick browse of www.chtah.com shows a

Re: Red Hat Linux 9 | Get the latest Linux early (fwd)

2003-03-24 Thread Kevin Krumwiede
Dammit, I just got 8 working the way I want. :o) -- 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 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: Red Hat Linux 9 | Get the latest Linux early (fwd)

2003-03-24 Thread Jeff Lane
Robert P. J. Day wrote: Red Hat list admin: A number of folks received the following on the Red Hat mailing list recently. The overwhelming evidence is that it is spam, given the return address of redhat.chtah.com Ummm nope. Unless this spammer happened to also take over the redhat.com domain

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: Red Hat Linux 9 | Get the latest Linux early (fwd)

2003-03-24 Thread Ed Wilts
On Mon, Mar 24, 2003 at 03:23:58PM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > at this point, it's not the existence of red hat 9 that's the issue -- > it's the offer for RHN subscription that appears to be going back to > an obvious spammer -- that is, chtah.com. There's a very clear distinction between "an

Re: Red Hat Linux 9 | Get the latest Linux early (fwd)

2003-03-24 Thread Jeff Cours
I'm just trying to figure out why they'd announce a jump from RH8.0 direct to 9.0 that'll be available the day before April Fool's day. This kind of thing would make a great April Fool's joke, but judging by the web site, they're serious about it. No obvious domain hijacking going on either: [

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: Red Hat Linux 9 | Get the latest Linux early (fwd)

2003-03-24 Thread Rick Johnson
Robert P. J. Day wrote: can someone clarify this? i mean, it makes no sense for red hat to be sending out offers like this from the chtah.com domain, does it? All previous announcements have been done through this domain as well, including their RHCE specific surveys, etc. Unless they're reall

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: Red Hat Linux 9 | Get the latest Linux early (fwd)

2003-03-24 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Mon, 24 Mar 2003, Daevid Vincent wrote: > Rober! This is *NOT* spam. > > http://www.redhat.com/mktg/rh9iso/ > > And the email I got FROM RH has my username and info in it. It is most > certainly from RedHat, and it most certainly is v9.0. if this is in fact legit, i'm more than a little stun

RE: Red Hat Linux 9 | Get the latest Linux early (fwd)

2003-03-24 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Mon, 24 Mar 2003, Jody Cleveland wrote: > > before anyone gets too cranked up about this, it is almost > > certainly bogus. look at the return email address -- > > redhat.chtah.com. > > > > a quick browse of www.chtah.com shows an obvious > > spammer. so this is total nonsense. > > I al

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: Red Hat Linux 9 | Get the latest Linux early (fwd)

2003-03-24 Thread Ezra Nugroho
Look at www.redhat.com there is a reference to RHL 9 over there. On Mon, 2003-03-24 at 15:11, Jody Cleveland wrote: > > before anyone gets too cranked up about this, it is almost > > certainly bogus. look at the return email address -- > > redhat.chtah.com. > > > > a quick browse of www.ch

Re: Red Hat Linux 9 | Get the latest Linux early (fwd)

2003-03-24 Thread Bill Anderson
On Mon, 2003-03-24 at 12:56, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > before anyone gets too cranked up about this, it is almost > certainly bogus. look at the return email address -- > redhat.chtah.com. > > a quick browse of www.chtah.com shows an obvious > spammer. so this is total nonsense. Actually, g

Re: Red Hat Linux 9 | Get the latest Linux early (fwd)

2003-03-24 Thread Robert Love
> A number of folks received the following on the Red Hat mailing > list recently. The overwhelming evidence is that it is spam, > given the return address of redhat.chtah.com. This is from the marketing company redhat has been using for several of it's most recent emails.I also recieved an

Re: Red Hat Linux 9 | Get the latest Linux early

2003-03-24 Thread DuSTiN KRySaK
On 3/24/03 11:56 AM, "Robert P. J. Day" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spit this out onto my computer screen: > > before anyone gets too cranked up about this, it is almost > certainly bogus. look at the return email address -- > redhat.chtah.com. > > a quick browse of www.chtah.com shows an obvious > spa

Re: Red Hat Linux 9 | Get the latest Linux early (fwd)

2003-03-24 Thread Eric Wood
But would http://www.redhat.com/mktg/rh9iso/ resolve? -eric Robert P. J. Day wrote: > before anyone gets too cranked up about this, it is almost > certainly bogus. look at the return email address -- > redhat.chtah.com. > > a quick browse of www.chtah.com shows an obvious > spammer. so this

Re: Red Hat Linux 9 | Get the latest Linux early (fwd)

2003-03-24 Thread Dan Dobbs
te: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 19:21:04 - From: Red Hat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Red Hat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Red Hat Linux 9 | Get the latest Linux early Dear rob day: You may know that Red Hat Network is the best way to keep your systems running the

RE: Red Hat Linux 9 | Get the latest Linux early (fwd)

2003-03-24 Thread Daevid Vincent
bert P. J. Day > Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 12:00 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: redhat mailing list > Subject: Red Hat Linux 9 | Get the latest Linux early (fwd) > > > > Red Hat list admin: > > A number of folks received the following on the Red Hat mai

Re: Red Hat Linux 9 | Get the latest Linux early (fwd)

2003-03-24 Thread Mike
I thought so too, but it's mentioned on the Redhat web site. Mike On Mon, 2003-03-24 at 11:56, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > before anyone gets too cranked up about this, it is almost > certainly bogus. look at the return email address -- > redhat.chtah.com. > > a quick browse of www.chtah

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: Red Hat Linux 9 | Get the latest Linux early (fwd)

2003-03-24 Thread Jody Cleveland
> before anyone gets too cranked up about this, it is almost > certainly bogus. look at the return email address -- > redhat.chtah.com. > > a quick browse of www.chtah.com shows an obvious > spammer. so this is total nonsense. I also belong to Redhat Network. They sent a message about this

Red Hat Linux 9 | Get the latest Linux early (fwd)

2003-03-24 Thread Robert P. J. Day
. Thanks for your attention. rday -- Forwarded message -- Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 19:21:04 - From: Red Hat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Red Hat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Red Hat Linux 9 | Get the latest Linux early Dear rob day: You may know

Red Hat Linux 9 | Get the latest Linux early (fwd)

2003-03-24 Thread Robert P. J. Day
before anyone gets too cranked up about this, it is almost certainly bogus. look at the return email address -- redhat.chtah.com. a quick browse of www.chtah.com shows an obvious spammer. so this is total nonsense. rday -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] h

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

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

2003-03-24 Thread Daevid Vincent
ROTECTED] > Subject: [Fwd: Red Hat Linux 9 | Get the latest Linux early] > > > 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

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

2003-03-24 Thread John Nichel
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]> Reply-To: "Red Hat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] D