Re: Version upgrade .. NOT REALLY!

["Blais Klucznik" <marbla naisp net>]

Hello,

        Gee I am not sure that this "Microsoft type merchandising" is
indicative of Linux but I too have noticed in which direction RedHat is
going and I smell another rat.

Blais Klucznik

----- Original Message -----
From: "ariew" <ariew bizsoftsolutions com>

> Just got off a 1/2 hour conversation with RedHat re: upgrading
> from 6.2 to 7.0  I was told by there support group that there
> is NO UPGRADE from 6.2 to 7.0 except for the "base" system which
> I could purchase for $29.00 or download from the internet BUT it
> was ONLY the kernel. I was told that the only way to "upgrade"
> both the kernel and the associated support programs with their
> newer versions is to PURCHASE for $179.00 the complete package.
> This was quite distressing :{ because we just purchased two
> copies of 6.2 Professional, one within the last 30 days, directly
> from Redhat.  Gosh, is this shades of Microsoft's "just don't
> care about customers, just send me your money" attitude creeping
> into the Linux world??????
>
> Mike
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-install-list-admin redhat com
> [mailto:redhat-install-list-admin redhat com]On Behalf Of Karthik
> Vishwanath
> Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2000 1:25 PM
> To: redhat-install-list redhat com
> Subject: Re: Version upgrade ..
>
>
> On a related note, I am fotunately on a fast network connection and and
> upgrade via the network is not unthinkable for me. Is there anyway in
> which I can upgrade without having to get an image burn it etc?
>
> Thanks,
> -Karthik.
>
> On Wed, 27 Sep 2000, Anurag Jalan wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I installed Redhat 6.2 on my production machine in June. Now ver 7 has
> been
> > released . Whats the easiest way to upgrade and is it desirable ? Can i
> > just boot
> > the machine off a ver 7.0 CD and choose, the upgrade option ?
> >
> > I have lots of stuff installed on this machine - Wu-FTP, Apache, PHP,
> MySQL
> > , SAMBA, Sendmail etc ...
> >
>
>
>
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