On Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 10:25:15AM -0400, Jeff Quast wrote: > On 10/13/06, Sideris Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >On Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 02:35:35PM +0200, Joris Van Herzele wrote: > >> It's true this is hardly relevant for a discussion forum, but I hope you > >> will all forgive me ... I just felt the need to voice my joy. > >> > >> We all agree it's great software, but other than that just look at it : > >> The packaging in itself is already enough to put me in a festive mood :) > > > >Probably I am missing something here, but, isn't the release date > >20061101? If so, why the early shipping? Just out of curiosity. > > It has always been this way. Nico forgot to add your question in his > very short explanation of 'the way it is'. > > Pressing, Printing, Packaging, Shipping -- these are all done early as > necessary to ensure that the pre-ordered CD's arrive BEFORE the > release date. > > So, > If the CD's have been printed and packaged earlier than expected and > are sitting around in somebody's living room -- why not begin shipping > them off? > > Consequently, > Those who make pre-orders are often rewarded specialy, getting the > release earlier than those who did not pre-order. This is not WHY, > this is just a consequence of good time management. > > I can't wait to see this post next release, too :) (only because I > always enjoy releases)
Aw, heck. I had to install FreeBSD 6.1 on a couple of servers because they were needed before OpenBSD 4.0 would be released and we didn't want to run pre-release code (which resolved an ACPI issue on NetFrame 1420). I suppose the lesson here is to pre-order your copy. -Damian
