On Tuesday 18 May 2004 15:38, Peter Boy wrote: > Am Di, den 18.05.2004 schrieb xyzzy@xxxxxxxxxx um 13:34: > > > Seems to be a known, but yet unresolved problem. > > > > This is seriously bad news. Why is this being released if it destroys > > the ability to dual-boot?? This is a show-stopper and must be fixed > > before being released. > > Has been discussed in the afore mentioned thread very extensively. Fact > is that the problem is bound to a special, but not exactly known > combination of hardware. Most users are not affected. And the problem > came up very late in the test process. None of which is an excuse for releasing something with this major of a bug. > > > This is going to bring the perceived quality level of FOSS down to > > what the FUDders are screaming about. > > I think nobody is happy about it. But there are well known operating > systems which had the same problem some times ago - probably by > intention (in contrast to Red Hat). Again, not an excuse for releasing something with this kind of problem > There is no reason to specifically > blame FOSS. I am not "blaming" FOSS. I am merely pointing out that this gives ammunition (and well deserved) to the enemies of Open Source. Actually, FOSS isn't the problem here. A stupid release schedule is... which has nothing to do with FOSS; rather, obvious inept management of the Fedora project. However, the Dark Side won't make that distinction. > And the Fedora Project does not aim to the computer novize > or windows user. Doesn't it now... That's so nice to hear... and how is Linux going to "take over" the Desktop by 2005? I see, you want it both ways... > Those people, who may have a lot of trouble to recover > from that fault, shouldn't use Fedora, but probably Red Hat Workstation > or one of the other distros (Mandrake is a good choice). Yeah, yeah... That's a great way to fix a problem... just ignore it... > > > Is this the intention? > > As said before - no reason for so much excitement. In other words, shut up and go back to Windows?? Spoken like a true zealot. > > > Peter
