Re: Where can I buy either Mandrake or RH in the Toronto area. I need it today!

From: Ed Murphy (emurphy42_at_socal.rr.com)
Date: 07/27/03 

Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2003 16:08:20 GMT

On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 06:47:26 -0400, CL (dnoyeB) Gilbert wrote:

> still dont get it. RH9 is RH9. If you want RH10, dont buy the RH9
> book. if its not on shelves, you cant get it. why should one care thar
> RH9.0001 is on FTP but only RH9.0 is on shelves. up2date will fix all
> of that. The book will get you going. I am Running RH8. The original,
> no later versions or anything like that. up2date keeps me current.

The point is "don't assume that (version X has a book on the shelf)
implies (version X is the latest version), because it's not even
close to true". A person in a real hurry might make that mistake.

The OP said "latest version". For RH, this is probably 9.x (since
9.1 isn't out yet). For Mandrake, does it have to be 9.1x, or would
9.0x suffice? Depends on how different those versions are, not to
mention the relative priority of "today" vs "latest". (If you
absolutely can't get 9.0 today, then would you rather have 8.0 today
or 9.0 tomorrow?)

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