Re: Inaccuracy in LinuxPlanet RH 8.0 article?

Mark C <[email protected]> 27 Sep 2002 10:53:49 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.linux.redhat.release.limbo
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Fri, 2002-09-27 at 07:02, Warren Togami wrote:
> http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reports/4460/2/
> Page two of this article says the following which I think contains two
> inaccuracies:
> 
> "Built into 8.0, as well, is Ximian Connector, for accessing Microsoft
> Exchange tools from Linux desktops."
> 
> "Red Hat has updated the core components of its OS to gcc3.2 and kernel
> 2.4.18. Other components of the new release include Apache 2.0 Web
> server, plus updates to the Sendmail and Samba servers; NFS; FTP; DNS;
> BIND; and the Squid Web proxy server."
> 
> 
> We're getting Ximian Connector?  I thought that was proprietary
> software.  Also 2.4.18 is misleading seeing that Red Hat 7.3 had that
> major version too.  This almost implies "no progress" when there sure
> has been progress in the kernel.

It is and I cannot see RH shipping that as standard, they may as an an
on.

Its amazing!!

The amount of so called online Linux only magazines, cannot even manage
to review a Distro and get it half right.

Who do they use to do these reviews? Steve Ballmer ?

Mark

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