Re: Red Hat FTP v2.0

[Jan Vicherek <post-only ied com>]

  Hello,

  I would like to gather a public opinion on this new Redhat
repartitioning of FTP sites.

<Critisizm ATTR="I smell some sort of bad marketing trick">

On Thu, 22 Oct 1998 bandregg redhat com wrote:

> 	Red Hat Software is proud to announce: FTP.REDHAT.COM v2.0

   I have not noticed any improvement in speed.

   The only thing I noticed was that :

    ``site exec rpm'' didn't work at first. And when it did work, the -qi 
option didn't work. Bad.

   I have to log into three different FTP sites to get compliete output
on ``site exec locate''. *VERY* inconvenient. That's a backward step.

> 	For starters, ftp.redhat.com is now not 1, not 2, but 4 ftp sites
> 	rolled into one. Visit the site specific to your needs:

   This is a SALESMAN INFORMATION !!! (I.e. a lie put politely.)

   You did the exact opposite ! You had put 1 site into four !!

   *please please plase* do what you advertised, and 

   PLEASE GET "4 ftp sites rolled into one" !

  (I.e. put it back the way it was.)


> 	Once you start, you cannot stop. So stop by, give it a try and let us
> 	know what you think!

   this is what I think

   others -- please reply to me at rh-ftp-site-gone ied com what you think
and I'll summarize for everybody and post it and write it to RedHat.

   If you like it the new way, please write

 "new way is better" or "old way is better" to mailto:rh-ftp-site-gone ied com



> 	Mail, flames, and reqards should all be addressed to <ftp redhat com>

   I just need a public opinion, so that when I write one letter to
RedHat, it will present properly weighted public opinion.


</Critisizm>


   Thanks,

    Puzzled-and-wondering-why-would-somebody-go-backwards Jan


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