Re: [SLE] Shipping dates.

From: Paul Cooke (pc005b5848_at_blueyonder.co.uk)
Date: 10/17/03

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    To: fmiller@lightlink.com, "suse-linux-e" <suse-linux-e@suse.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 23:09:51 +0100

    On Thursday 16 October 2003 7:55 pm, Fred A. Miller wrote:
    > Release after release, the webmaster posts a shipping date that is KNOWN
    > to NOT be attainable!! As much of a SUSE supporter as I am, this not
    > only irritates me, it fouls up my schedule as I attempt to setup dates
    > to upgrade clients. Not to mention, that I have them preorder product
    > and they get irritated when it doesn't ship timely!! The practice of
    > posting a shipping date that is KNOWN to not be correct MUST stop.
    >
    > Fred
    >

    I can't believe that you've scheduled dates to "upgrade" your clients without
    having verified for yourself first that the upgrade will A) go smoothly on
    their hardware and B) there will be no impacts on important production
    software already running.

    oh and by the way... my last update arrived on the very day of the release and
    several people in here have already received their boxes for SuSE 9.0

    > --
    > "...Linux, MS-DOS, and Windows XP (also known as the Good, the Bad, and
    > the Ugly)." 

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