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Re: Red Hat 6.1 for Sale!
Eli Marmor wrote:
>
> Yoni Elhanani wrote:
>
> > Wow they are quick!
> > It's one thing to download it and find out the next day that it's the
> > beta,
> > but it's another thing to burn a thousand CDs and ship the image to a cd
> > factory.
> >
> > Though I believe that it is the real thing, as the rumor says it will be
> > announced in monday anyway.
> > (I guess they wanted to give mirrors a chance to get it in time, but
> > screwed up and put it on the main ftp too)
>
> Look at the following:
>
> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=99/10/02/1410221&cid=84
>
> It ensures everything you wrote: That it is real and final, that
> they screwed up, etc.
You should have known that I read it already.
(I this was a guess i would be on my way to las vegas right now)
> > Anyway I'm downloading it, and I'll be done in about 12 hours (going at
> > 15 K/s).
> > So tell me if you want me to burn it for you.
>
> Wow...
> Anyway, I think it will be very useful to send a list of the RPMs
> to the list, so everybody can know if the kernel is 2.2.12 or a
> pre-release of 2.2.13, and what GNOME is there (since the next
> major is a few days far from completion...), and what wu-ftpd is
> there (because of the same reason, but with a vulnerable stable
> release which makes the release candidate a "must" for the 6.1),
> and so on.
I will be able to know that only after i get the entire iso image and
mount it.
Meanwhile, it is much easier to check the redhat mirrors (the main site
is dead slow).
Either browse the tree or get the ls-lR.gz file (about 1Mb).
>
> > I would expect them to print manuals earlier, I wonder if they have them
>
> They never did it, so why this time?
Because they want to make the shareholders happy by getting more
revenue.
Cheers,
Yoni
--
The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck,
is probably the day they start making vacuum cleaners...
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