[KLUG Members] Time to upgrade?

[Bruce Smith]

> This sounds like Red Hat taking a 357 magnum and shooting itself in
> both feet multiple times!

This is NOT news.  Redhat made that announcement months ago when they
introduced Fedora.  Redhat discontinued support for 7.x and 8.x (and
older) at the beginning of this year.

Since the deadline is approaching for Redhat 9, I'm simply posting this
as a reminder for people who haven't upgraded yet.

There are _pay_ services (and one free one that I'm not impressed with)
from third parties that will provide updates for Redhat 7/8/9 for awhile
(until the demand dies anyway).

 - BS


> --- Bruce Smith <bruce@armintl.com> wrote:
> > >From a Redhat newsletter:
> > 
> > "Red Hat Linux 9 distribution will reach its end-of-life for errata
> > maintenance on April 30, 2004.  This means that from May 1, 2004 we
> > will
> > not be producing new security, bugfix, or enhancement updates for
> > this
> > product."
> > 
> > This is the end of life for all free Redhat products (and all
> > BSware).
> > It's time to think about upgrading to something supported, if you
> > haven't already done so ...
> > 
> >  - BS