[NTLUG:Discuss] @#$%^&*! redhat up2date!!!!!

[Jack Snodgrass]

On Wed, 2004-01-07 at 22:49, Clay Ramsey wrote:
> What is the freakin' deal with RH and their Redmond-esque subscription 
> reqs to use up2date now?????
> 
> and why am I as a humble RH7.3 user being hosed like this?????
> 
> and since I am being given the the ole M$ shakedown, where can I go to 
> get up2date "done" and pay a subscription (call me greedy - I don't 
> think one should pay for updates like this)
> 
> </rant>

RedHat is stopping their 'end user' type support / model. 

The 'free' stuff is being dropped. 

Fedora is supposedly replacing the 'free' part of RedHat. 

As far as updates go... I've never used up2date and I've used
redhat since 4.something. up2date isn't needed. 

Now, I use red-carpet from Ximian. It lets you update the redhat
and fedora packages too. It ( for now ) is free to use also. 

jack