From owner-freebsd-advocacy Fri Oct 23 08:07:31 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA07644 for freebsd-advocacy-outgoing; Fri, 23 Oct 1998 08:07:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from lariat.lariat.org (lariat.lariat.org [206.100.185.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA07636 for ; Fri, 23 Oct 1998 08:07:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: (from brett@localhost) by lariat.lariat.org (8.8.8/8.8.6) id JAA05562; Fri, 23 Oct 1998 09:06:48 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <4.1.19981023090158.045edb20@mail.lariat.org> X-Sender: brett@mail.lariat.org X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 09:03:12 -0600 To: Open Systems Networking , Studded From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: Where's the 3.0 press release? Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: References: <363040E9.42459888@gorean.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG You might note that every major news outlet is touting the release of the next Linux kernel, which is also not yet ripe and battle-tested. (The articles say this.) Failing to follow suit will hurt. --Brett At 05:12 AM 10/23/98 -0400, Open Systems Networking wrote: >On Fri, 23 Oct 1998, Studded wrote: > >> "But we have warnings that it's experimental.... yadda yadda." We all >> know that almost no one reads the release docs, and we've already seen a >> small part of the fallout. I think it could only get worse by drawing >> more attention to it. > >I agree it's not something I think we should be touting as stable >incarnate. But do we really want to let this not get a PR. >This is 3.0. A MAJOR release. And while I grant you it may not be the most >stable or debugged version, this is a major milestone for the project. > >A major release doesnt happen every day. And I agree that putting in >"... while slated at primarily developers and ISP's that have knowledgable >staff..." is not going to really persaude anyone to wait for 3.1 or 2.2.8, >when they read the PR. Just my opinion. If it's an absolute trashy release >thats going to cause the support questions in usenet and IRC to flame up >1000% then it might not be such a hot idea. But I do think there is some >merrit in this release and it deserves a little press. > >But the loudest voices here will prevail, so now is the time for everyone >to speak up. What does everyone think? > >Chris > >-- >"You both seem to be ignoring the fact that the networking market is >driven by so-called 'IT professionals' these days, most of whom can't >tell the difference between an ARP and a carp." -Wes Peters > >===================================| Open Systems Networking And Consulting. > FreeBSD 2.2.7 is available now! | Phone: 316-326-6800 >-----------------------------------| 1402 N. Washington, Wellington, KS-67152 > FreeBSD: The power to serve! | E-Mail: opsys@open-systems.net > http://www.freebsd.org | Consulting-Network Engineering-Security >===================================| http://open-systems.net > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message