On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 07:27:03 -0700 (PDT) "James J. Ramsey" <jjramsey_6x9eq42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > --- Charles Bronson <packetgeek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > 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 -- "And any time that you have the Pope and the Dixie Chicks against you, your time is up." --- Michael Moore about George W. Bush
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