IT Job creations... IT job losses?

[Justin Zygmont]

well, their next release should be out before then, so if you can take the 
time to upgrade, you'll be good for another year.  I had a rh6.2 server 
for the longest time before finally got around to upgrading it with rh9, 
but i'm happy I did.  The longer you wait to upgrade, the harder it gets.


On Sun, 2 Nov 2003, Walter Dnes wrote:

> On Fri, Oct 31, 2003 at 01:20:31PM -0500, Keith Mastin wrote
> 
> > Like a certain smp kernel upgrade did earlier this year...
> 
>   [...deletia...]
> 
> > ssl upgrade a few months back...
> 
>   [...deletia...]
> 
> > You haven't been caught in upgrade hell?
> 
>   Upgrades can be put off, unless you want to run an app the *DEMANDS*
> that other software be upgraded.  With Windows, it's a boatload of
> *SECURITY FIXES* that *MUST* be applied *IMMEDIATELY* to protect your
> system from being compromised.  You do not have the luxury of waiting
> and watching mailing lists for reports from "pioneers" (i.e. the guys
> with the arrows in their backs).
> 
> <RANT Speaking of upgrades>
> 
>   Redhat's 7.3 was probably the best release they ever had.
> Unfortunately, the Microsoft Marketing Mentality is taking hold in
> Redhat.  The webpage http://www.redhat.com/apps/support/errata/
> indicates that support is being dropped for the following products...
> 
> Red Hat Linux 9 (Shrike)  	   	April 30, 2004  	 
> Red Hat Linux 8.0 (Psyche) 	  	December 31, 2003 	 
> Red Hat Linux 7.3 (Valhalla) 	  	December 31, 2003 	 
> Red Hat Linux 7.2 (Enigma) 	  	December 31, 2003 	 
> Red Hat Linux 7.1 (Seawolf) 	  	December 31, 2003 	 
> 
>   Yes, I'm a computer hobbyist, but I also want to *USE* my computer,
> rather than spend my time upgrading, upgrading, upgrading to
> version-du-jour.  I wouldn't mind paying $5/month if it could keep my
> RH7.3 with upgraded apps and security patches.  The standing joke that
> "Debian gibt es in drei Flavours: Stale, Rusting und Broken" is music to
> my ears.  It was an incentive to convert to Debian.  With RH7.3 expiring
> in under 2 months, I'm now comfortable in Debian 3.01r, while Redhat's
> major version number is about to break into 2 digits.
> 
> </RANT>
> 
> 

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