On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 07:27:03 -0700 (PDT)
"James J. Ramsey" <jjramsey_6x9eq42(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
--- Charles Bronson <packetgeek(a)chuckiechanboys.com>
wrote:
>
> AFAIR Red Hat's big issue with alternate provider
> CD's having the Red Hat
> name/logo on them was that they(Red Hat) were
> getting too many consumers
> expecting free tech support with their "official"
> disc's.
And this will no longer be an issue because there will
be no more official CDs. The problem will be finding
the unofficial ones.
The problem is this. Say I'm a Red Hat user without
broadband or a CD-writer. I try to find a way to get
the latest Red Hat 10 CDs. Since Red Hat won't be
selling Red Hat 10 via retail, my *only* alternatives
will be to find a friend who can burn CDs or to get
the CDs from CheapBytes, CheepLinux, etc. How am I
expected to know that Pink Tie 10, Blue Jacket 10,
etc., are just Red Hat 10 is disguise? Am I expected
to rely on the grapevine alone?
To my knowledge there will still be official CDs for RedHat 10. They
will be sold in the so called "RedHat Magazine".
Andreas
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