On 22/08/14 06:39 PM, Les Mikesell wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 5:33 PM, John R. Dennison <jrd@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 05:24:06PM -0500, Les Mikesell wrote:
>>> Except that wasting time re-learning a new and strange way to do
>>> something that already worked - or how to disable the new thing so it
>>> doesn't break your working setup - doesn't really put you ahead of
>>> anything.
>>
>> This is a _major_ release. Things change during _major_ releases.
>> Luckily you aren't being forced at gunpoint to use it.
>>
>> Seriously. Your constant complaints against the Red Hat way of doing
>> things got old a decade ago.
>
> It's not so much 'The' Red Hat way of doing things - although SysV
> mostly had it right in the first place. But the annoying part is the
> number of Red Hat "Ways' that are just arbitrarily different - like a
> car company swapping the brake and gas pedal locations for every new
> model. I suppose if you sell training courses you have to make a
> reason for people to come back.
To continue your analogy, should car companies have stopped changing
after the 20s? I mean, the cars then got you were you needed to go, right?
Things change. You are certainly free to deny that and stay on old
releases, but the world *will* move forward, with or without you.
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