[ale] Re: Red Hat scare tactics

[matty91 at bellsouth.net]

On Thu, 16 Oct 2003, Christopher Fowler wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 08:37:55AM -0400, James P. Kinney III wrote:
> >
> > The release rate for the RedHat branded stuff will no longer be every 6
> > months or so.  It will be tied to a specific release of Enterprise
> > Server and Advanced server. Both of those are slated to have release
> > cycles around 2 years (sounds like M$) with the usual bug and security
> > fixes as needed. There will be no more "enhancement" upgrades from RHN.
>
> Are you saying that If I want to be on bleeding edge I need to
> look to another distro?  For example,  If KDE 4 comes out I

Check into Gentoo. You set the policy for what (Version, build
criteria) gets installed. I am emphatic about my gentoo installation.

> want it fast and do not want to wait 2 years to get it.  Sure I
> can download, build and install but I would prefer a distro that had
> it cleanly integrated.
>
>
> CF
>
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