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

clayramsey1@comcast.net clayramsey1 at comcast.net
Thu Jan 8 10:22:18 CST 2004


I 1nstalled about 3 weeks ago using some RH 7.3 CDs I horked from a pal of mine.

<grrrumble>
> On Wed, 2004-01-07 at 22:49, Clay Ramsey wrote:
> 
> > and why am I as a humble RH7.3 user being hosed like this?????
> 
> hosed like how?  They've only said for the last 8 months or so they
> weren't going to support 7.x, 8.x, 9.x anymore.  
> 
> They gave users three options:
> 
> 1) Migrate
> 2) Write it yourself
> 3) Buy the Enterprise Edition
> 
> > 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)
> 
> One comes instantly to mind: 
> 
> http://transition.progeny.com/
> 
> 5 bucks a month per machine starting May 2004.
> 
> Or move to Fedora.
> 
> Or shell out for the enterprise edition of RH.
> 
> Or just move to debian and don't care what RH does.
> 
> > </rant>
> 
> It's a little late to be ranting - this has been public for quite some time.  
> If you just installed yesterday, then yeah, you got a gripe.
> 
> But you also did no homework.
> 
> Ry
> 
> 
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