I've been using RedHat since about April, '99. Since then there have been
2 major upgrades. I can't afford to experiment, so I've let the
developers and the those who go where those with brains don't go try out
the new releases. I'm planning on upgrading when 6.2 comes out.
>From a marketing perspective, when one upgrades this frequently, it
doesn't always pay to advertise new release dates. The stores here have
both 6.1 and Mandrake 6.5 (based on RedHat 6.0) still sitting on the
shelves. Speaking as a former retail manager, I wouldn't appreciate having
a product on the shelf that is outdated within a couple of months after it
first came out, especially if the wholesaler began advertising the next
release about the time the current one finally hit my shelves. Tends to
defeat sales.
On Sat, 1 Jan 2000, rpjday wrote:
>
>On Sun, 2 Jan 2000, Gustav Schaffter wrote:
>
>> Which means that we're looking at a bright future. Things can only get
>> better with the 6.2 release. :-)
>
>and speaking of 6.2, any hints on when this will be available?
>red hat has a history of being very closed-mouthed about upcoming
>releases, which makes it a bit annoying trying to accommodate
>these releases.
>
>whatever else you may think of microsoft, they've always been
>pretty vocal about release dates, even when they're totally
>fictional. :-)
>
>in my opinion, once you pass a certain threshold of where users
>are expected to download and install fixes, patches and updates,
>it's time for a new issue. and i think that time has arrived.
>
>comments?
>
>rday
>
>p.s. on my wish list for 6.2/7.0/whatever is documentation
>that actually matches the software.
>
>
>
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