On Sunday 22 September 2002 11:20, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: > Amir Tal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > other then a legal document people should sign before we are > > touching their computers (i understand that there's not gonna be > > any) we should also inform people about beta installations on their > > machines, and make sure that they understand there is NO warenty > > what so ever to whats being installed. > > Regardless of what waivers people sign, is it responsible to install > beta software on newbies' computers? My understanding is that experts > will not bring their boxes to an instaparty - they are capable of > installing themselves. >
its responsible if you make sure the owner understands this is a "bleeding edge" software, and therefor, not a very stable \ tested one. if its ok with him, why not ? > There is more than legal issues or warranties here... Incidentally, > there is no warranty on stable distros, either. Moreover, IIRC there > is no warranty on Windows. Last time I checked (quite a while ago) > M$'s warranty disclaimer was practically identical to GPL's. what i meant was that users that are having problems with windows machines that they purchased in a computer store, are seeing the person who installed windows as the responsible factor, and will call him to ask questions. this is not the case here, and people should know that once they take their newly installed computer and go home, they can only ask questions on mailing lists (and friends). no one will take responsibilaty for ANYTHING that was done to their machine. > > I would suggest sticking to released QAed distros like RH or SuSE or > Debian stable, *try* to add all the available errata/updates after > installation, or at the very least clearly explain to the subject how > to update and why. Avoid the bleeding edge. i still think that as long as the subject understands the implications, he should be able to choose if he wants to "live on the edge" or not. -- ====================================== Amir Tal Founder, Owner Whatsup, Hebrew Linux Portal Voice: +972-8-9363164 Fax: +972-8-9363164 Cell: +972-58-978979 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: www.whatsup.org.il ====================================== ================================================================To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
