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Re: New Markets



>>>>> "B" == Bruce Perens <bruce@pixar.com> writes:

This sounds good.

B> Well, that's the way it's going to work, I think. There's no reason
B> to not move packages from "unstable" to "stable" when they have
B> been proven, once our ELF conversion is finished. But that is a
B> better way to work for people who get the packages over the net
B> than for people who get CDs. For the CD crowd, it's very convenient
B> to have release numbers and a somewhat more extended
B> beta-test. When you make a release, you get to make press releases
B> and comp.os.linux announcements and generally plaster your name in
B> front of the public and manufacture excitement, and that's good
B> too. And finally, I'm planning a plug-and-play version (a
B> pre-installed system on CD) as Red Hat and Yggdrasil have done, and
B> release numbers are nice for that.

--
Rob



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