Re: any news about redhat 'advanced server' versions?

On Fri, Sep 27, 2002 at 12:59:50PM -0700, Taylor, ForrestX wrote:
> >Can't answer the second question as I have not the slightest what "RH8.0"
> >is.
> 
> Oh, come on.  You do have the slightest.

No, really I don't.  I know what "RHL<some number>" is, but I haven't the
slightest what "RH<some number>" is :-)

> 
> BTW, I give up:  Who inspired "Cheetah Flip", and what does it reference?

"Cheetah Flip" is a reference to Barry Duplantis, who was once the
product manager/project manager/enforcer for Red Hat Network.
Unfortunately he got called away by Uncle Sam in September of last year and
has just recently returned to part-time duty here at Red Hat.

As for "Cheetah Flip," watch some old episodes of Wild Kingdom (or watch
the new ones, as they are now making them again) and witness the act of a
cheetah chasing after a catch.  Most of the time the cheetah will get what
it's aiming for and life is grand (well, except for the caught!)  But,
every now and again, the cheetah will miss what it's aiming for.  At this
point, a funny thing happens, which proves that cheetahs aren't physics
majors.  They will immediately attempt to switch directions to continue
chasing after the prey.  Course, when you are running full-tilt at 50MPH+
and you "switch directions" bad things happen.  Most notably, the cheetah
will go flipping over and over.  So, Barry was always fond of calling the
sudden priority changes which we experienced in RHN "cheetah flips" as they
sent the team head-over-heels attempting to get back up and chase the prey
some more.

There are actually quite a few Barry stories which the RHN team will
probably collect and publish a book of one day :-)  It will be excellent
reading I'm sure *grin*

- jkt

> 
> Forrest

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