[OT]: RH Whoredom [ was Re: OT: I feel vindicated ...]

[Chong Yu Meng]

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A. Khattri wrote:
| On Tue, 22 Feb 2005, Net Llama! wrote:
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|>I know i'm the resident RH whore and all,
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| Uh-huh.
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Well, count me in as another RH whore ! I never used to like the
company, but, more and more, I'm beginning to understand and appreciate
where they're coming from.

| Its a big deal to those of us that said "Nooo!" and got burned when RH
| pretty much abandoned us folks (frankly I was already pissed over the
| insane release schedule). Now we're all running other distros (in
| some cases realizing they are better) and never going back. But its good
| to see a company admit the mis-step.

You can't seriously be referring to RH here, Ajai ! Come on! At least RH
gave us Fedora and that should count for something. In any case, nobody
owes you a living.

As for their insane release schedule, I'm not sure if it is such a bad
thing. Let me explain:

Each release of FC has some new feature or quirk in it. FC1 had SELinux,
FC2 had the 2.6 kernel, FC3 had HAL, just to name a few. Sure, there
were problems : SELinux didn't work in FC1 initially and the 2.6 kernel
in FC2 had problems with certain hardware configurations and broke IBM's
Java (at one time) and FC3's HAL together with the kernel caused lots of
problems for those of us with Symbios SCSI controllers (is it fixed
yet?). I'm not calling them features or excusing them, but each new
technology or feature needs to start somewhere.

By putting these "bleeding edge" features inside each release, lots of
people have a preview of the technology. SELinux, the 2.6 kernel and HAL
are some of the BIG changes IMHO that Linux is seeing, so I think we
should expect problems. But with time and testing by users, these
features inevitably become stable and usable, and that is a good thing,
though it comes through pain and frustration.

I run a FC1 server, and Aurora Sparc Linux (similar to FC1) on a Netra
T1, and I don't even think of upgrading to FC3, because I don't need the
features in FC3. My notebook is a different story: I'm running FC3 and
very happy that they put HAL inside, because now I can interface with my
HP PSC1350 without tweaking CUPS or anything. I'll probably stick with
FC3 for a while. What I'm saying is : you don't have to upgrade if you
don't want to.

Anyway, just my 2 cents.

Regards.

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~ Pascal Chong


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