Re: Release Date (according to Amazon)

Jesse Keating <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.redhat.release.limbo
Organization j2Solutions
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Mon, 23 Sep 2002 14:45:28 -0500
"James W. Durkin" <[email protected]> wrote:

# Nothing on the various technical news and portal sites.  Unless I
# missed something in may hasty review.
# 
# Just 7 days out from release, I would have expected at least an
# announcement (and the taking of pre-orders).
# 
# -.- jwd
# 
# P.S. - And if this sounds like so much speculation and wasted
# bandwidth
#        to many on the list, please remember that some of us have to
#        plan installations for a wide set of machines.  Information,
#        accurate that is, translates directly into time and money. 
#        Indulge us a we bit.

I would say the appearance of an 8.0 directory on ftp.redhat.com is a
good indicator that Amazon is atleast _close_ to the date.  The reason
it doesn't show up, is because if you search for "Red Hat Linux" at
amazon, 8.0 doesn't come up.  I'm not sure _how_ they found it in the
first place.

-- 
Jesse Keating
j2Solutions.net
Mondo DevTeam (www.mondorescue.org)

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