From: Randall Parker 

Adam > wrote:
>> Well, a lot of time went by between 2K and XP. We are talking 7 months
>> from FC5 to FC6.
>>
>
> Yeah but
>
> (A) You get sh*t all with windows. No Office apps, drawing tools,
> databases etc.etc.etc. An OS + a GI + the very least that MS can get
> away with (e.g. note/word pad)or require for competitive reasons (e.g.
> IE, OE, WMP)
>
> (B) To what degree is the MS release schedule driven purely by the
> profit motive rather than when s/w is ready etc. i.e. gotta get everyone
> onto Win2K & only then....release XP & then get everyone onto
XP & then...

I do not see why one should do a complete upgrade install of everything
just to get latest versions of some apps. Seems to me we should get
upgrades of each app when each upgrade becomes available and rev them
separately from the OS.

As it stands now I see the updating I'm doing appears to be revving the
kernel version even though I'm staying with FC5.

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