[OT] Deafening silence

[Alan Cox]

> > If you mean a "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6" then nobody who knows anything
> > is going to give you an answer because it would be unlawful to do so in
> > the USA (and most countries) as it would involve material information
> > about un-announced products of a publically traded business.
> 
> I didn't want so much to know when it will be released, as only if
> it's late, and by how much.

If a product hasn't been announced and may or may not exist how can it be
meaningful to ask if it is "late".

> Enterprise users don't *have to* upgrade but, if they get new
> hardware, I suppose they find it nice not to have to install too old
> an OS.

Often the reverse - they have problems finding suitable hardware to keep
running their old OS, which is often what they want to do. This is one
reason virtualisation is so appealing - even if they need a new OS at the
bottom layer all their app layer stuff can run virtualised under the old
OS build.

Alan