[KLUG Members] Re: RedHat 7.3 Available - on CD from KLUG!

[Bryan J. Smith]

On Mon, 2002-05-06 at 21:40, Adam Williams wrote:
> Yes, there is up2date.

Yes, part of the _same_ RHN I mentioned.  ;-PPP

> Isn't that basically what the channels on red-carpet are?

Yes.  But it's still not exactly a "general application" archive.  But
you're probably onto something there.  Maybe Ximian or a Ximian partner
might do this in the future?

> I think RH should focus on making a quality stable distro (which IMHO
> they've accomplished) and leave the other stuff to someone else.

Given the fact that they have to make money, you're probably right.

> RH aims to compete with corporate UNIX (not desktop PCs) and use the
> distro as a basis for selling support and consultancy services, in
> which case supporting a myriad MDAs, etc..., just doesn't make sense.

Agreed.  AFAIAC, they _are_ the "RPM standard" distro.  Hence why I use
them.

> Ximian is fighting for the desktop, and they will use just about any
> distro you want.

True, true.  But they've also gotta produce different binary RPMs for
different vendors.  Ouch!

-- Bryan

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