[Rant] Jason Compton on Amiga/Red Hat announcement | ANN.lu |
Posted on 24-Aug-2000 07:07 GMT by Christian Kemp | 39 comments View flat View list |
Jason Compton wrote in comp.sys.amiga.misc: All this is, is an announcement that says that Red Hat will sell Amiga's SDK through their web store. I confirmed with Red Hat's Melissa London (who confirmed it with execs within the company) that this is in no way an announcement of any agreement, alliance, partnership, or joint development agreement. This is, in effect, a press release that says "Our CD is on sale at RedHat.com." Don't let anyone tell you different.
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Jason Compton on Amiga/Red Hat announcement : Comment 30 of 39 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Jason Compton on 24-Aug-2000 22:00 GMT | In reply to Comment 28 (Lancelot Du Lac): >I really wish you would have explained yourself better sooner.
>Then I could have avoided making comments like "What do you have
> against Amiga" and "get over it".
Actually, you could have avoided that anyway.
>However, my comments still stand about press releases being meaningless anyway
>and how RedHat isn't going to tell any journalist what they aren't ready to have released publically.
I read a lot of press releases every day, and yes, many are meaningless, this one included.
But at some point, you have to ask yourself: what's better to base perception on: press releases and their factual interpretations,
or innuendo and insinuations that "BIG!" things are coming?
Me, I'll go with "press releases and their verified interpretations from company representatives and executives," because unless you're on the board of directors, you have little choice.
Incidentally, in case anybody had any doubt, Response 28 was written by a fake. I suppose it's awfully easy to fake your identity here. |
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