Fedora vs. RHE

[waltdnes-SLHPyeZ9y/tg9hUCZPvPmw at public.gmane.org]

On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 02:54:28PM -0400, Fraser Campbell wrote

> Anyone know if there will continue to be a product called Redhat
> (as in RH7, RH8, RH9)?  Or will there be just RHE and Fedora?
> I wouldn't see a point in continuing to make Redhat releases if they
> are maintaining Fedora.

  What we need is to take Redhat 7.3 and maintain/upgrade it with new
libs, apps, etc.  I am very annoyed with version-du-jour.  I used to
joke about windows customers who amde the following purchases...
1994 => Windows 3.1
1995 => Windows 95
1996 => Windows 95 OSR2
1998 => Windows 98
1999 => Windows 98 SE
2000 => Windows ME
2001 => Windows XP

  Redhat has started copying that trend, along with the trend to bloat
that MS started.  I wouldn't mind $5.00/month for the convenience of
up2date, but continuous upgrades-du-jour and short lifespan for each
version is getting annoying.  I want to *USE* my computer, not spend all
my time installing new versions.  I am this => <= close to switching to
Debian already.  They have a reputation for versions being few and far
between, but that sounds tempting about now.

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