[linux-help] Re: RedHat 8.0

[Dustin Decker <dustind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 10 Oct 2002, Adam M. Sennott wrote:

> Yeah, I don't know what RedHat was thinking.  6.2 was a rock and then 7.0
> had all those problems.  Now three revisions and 8.0.
> 
> This is beginning to remind me of another corporation that releases O/S
> software to the public before it's ready....

Ready, in this case, is obviously a relative term.  Red Hat makes 
release based on two source trees for two specific reasons.  If you're a 
geek like me, you prolly follow the normal tree - if you're a 
corporation like google or the like, then most likely you go after their 
business line of releases.

What you and I call normal realizes a new release on a schedule of about 
every six months.  If you want rock solid, they you'll be making 
purchases from the tree that realizes releases more along the lines of 
eighteen months.

Dustin

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