Amir Tal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 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 ?
Because he is likely to be much less experienced than you are, and because the ultimate purpose of the instaparty is promotong Linux. If the "victim" runs into a problem with beta distro the chances he will get competent help easily are low, and we are running the risk of losing him for quite a while, because he is going to be disappointed. With stable popular distros there is much less chance of a serious problem and there is active mailing list support (btw, installers should give URL's for those lists after installation). > 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. I am afraid it would be difficult to judge whether or not the customer (it helps to think of the "victim" as a customer) understands the implications the way you do. I would not be surprised if your careful explanation about "bleeding edge" would be interpreted as "the latest and the greatest XPerience" vs. "trusted and widely deployed NT". And this is quite different, because XP has been extensively QAed. As we all know, even that does not make it problem-free (and neither is Valhalla). The subject's frame of reference may be quite different from yours, and don't forget that if everything succeeds the installers will be under a lot of pressure there. -- Oleg Goldshmidt | [EMAIL PROTECTED] ================================================================= "... Of theoretical physics and programming, programming embodied the greater intellectual challenge." [E.W.Dijkstra, 1930 - 2002.] ================================================================= 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]
