On Sat, 12 Apr 2003, Thomas Dodd wrote: >> minds "8.1". Of course all of us had to just sit back tongue in >> cheek and not say anything because we don't preannounce release >> dates/names/versions. ;o) > >I would say the Red Hat Linux 9 was pre-announced. >From the perspective that it was announced before it was released to the public, you are correct. From the perspective of it was an completed software distribution currently under development however, you are wrong. >2 weeks befor the release date, I go an email fro Red Hat, telling me >that I could download it a week before general release using Red Hat >Network. > >Now weather that's a 2 week pre-announcement or 1, you judge. >But irt's not the normal available on announcement day we expect from >Red Hat. I thought the first message was SPAM, it was so unusual. Regardles, the point remains. We do not announce our releases until they are completed. Red Hat Linux 9 was no different. This is the first time I believe that we announced a release prior to the actual release date, but the release was not announced while it was still under development, and that is what is meant by "preannounce". Feel free to argue amongst yourselves about pedantic details if you like, but nothing has changed WRT dates/names/versions of software releases. -- Mike A. Harris ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris OS Systems Engineer - XFree86 maintainer - Red Hat
