Re: early review of RH 9 (Shrike)

> I would not dare to second-guess Red Hat's Legal Department. BUT...
> this is mighty strange: 
> SUSE 8.1 
> http://www.suse.com/us/private/products/suse_linux/i386/multimedia.html
> 

I checked the site and was impressed with this ability, the most.

CD ripping even works from Atapi CD-ROM/DVD-ROM devices without SCSI 
emulation. K3B supports CDDB via http, cddbp, or a local CDDB directory.
	
With the ide direct approach, it seems more reliable, at least in theory.

Jim


> Mandrake 9.1:Multimedia and Games
> http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/features.php3#7
> 
> Maybe it's some breach of logic, but from what one sees on the sites
> of these two distributions, would it not be correct, then, to surmise that
> *both* SUSe and Mandrake are violating the spirit of Open Source by
> including MP3 support in their distros? ... or is Red Hat a "special,
> favoured" target of Thompson?
> 
> ... anyhow, it's no problem for me a "relatively seasoned" linux
> user, but I can well imagine what a turn off it would be for newly
> migrated Wintellians when they have to 'fudge about' to get mp3 support.
> Like it or not, mp3 *is* the prevalent format, and as much as one
> would like to see ogg become a popular standard, that IMVHO, will
> not happen in the very near future.
> 
> But let's let the thread apropos mp3 die, here. ...maybe it's just that
> I have a soft spot for Red Hat, and I'd like to see them dominate
> the North American market (and NO, I don't own any RH shares!)
> <*chuckle*>.
> 
> 
> 
>>You will see the release notes next week with everyone else (or the week
>>after if you aren't a RHN subscriber and no one posts them between now and
>>then).
> 
> That sounds more logical. I was referring to someone else who posted the 
> opinion that the Phoebe release notes would suffice. 
> 
> Elton.


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