Red Hat's Bluecurve (was: Red Hat 8.0 is 'official')

[bscott at ntisys.com]

On Sat, 5 Oct 2002, at 8:52pm, jkinz at rcn.com wrote:
> Are all of RH N.0 release typically accompanied by more problems then 
> the N.1 or N.2 releases ?

  Take the "of RH" out of there, and you will have a more useful statement.

  While I am convinced that it is possible to engineer major changes in
software that do not result in a product with more bugs than Maine in June,
I am also convinced that such an occurrence is extremely unlikely to occur.  
As such, I always wait after any major software release, to see how it works
out.  I always test any major software release before putting it into
production use.  I do this regardless of Red Hat, Microsoft, Novell, or
whoever.  You will find even the most zealous supporters of Microsoft
advocate the same thing.

> Is RH duplicating the problems automobile manufacturers have whenever they
> bring out a new car model?  The more they change the more that is broken?

  I think the parallel you draw is a fairly accurate assessment of the
situation.

-- 
Ben Scott <bscott at ntisys.com>
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