RE: [rhn-users] Red Hat 9.0

["Scott Drake" <scott houseofdrake net>]

Point Taken.  ;)

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From: rhn-users-admin redhat com [mailto:rhn-users-admin redhat com] On
Behalf Of Edward C. Bailey
Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 4:35 PM
To: rhn-users redhat com
Subject: Re: [rhn-users] Red Hat 9.0


>>>>> "Scott" == Scott Drake <scott houseofdrake net> writes:
...
Scott> As for the rest of our network, we decide almost every aspect of 
Scott> our equipment and bandwith requirements.  We need to decide how 
Scott> much our users need based on what they are using and how many 
Scott> people they have.

But what if you are facing a one-time (well, once every six months or
so) event, and you don't have complete visibility into the number of
people that will be using the service you provide?  Even the phone
company gets it wrong in these cases -- busy signals on Mother's Day,
etc.

Scott> This is fairly over-simplified of course.  I won't restate 
Scott> previous posts as to how many users RHN should have expected, 
Scott> etc, etc.  I just think they could have done better.

Sure, there's always room to do better.  But keep in mind that what
looks like the actions of incompetents or a shadowy conspiracy might
also be nothing more than good honest people doing the best they can in
a constantly changing situation.

Of course, this worldview is boring, and doesn't make for interesting
discussions, so it seldom gets much airtime... :-)

                            Ed
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Ed Bailey        Red Hat, Inc.          http://www.redhat.com/



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