[room] shame on you!

[room] shame on you!

[Michael Shigorin]

	Hello Max,
you wrote in Fedora 7 press release:
> Fedora 7 provides the first appliance development platform that
> is 100 percent open source with an entirely free distribution
> build toolchain

This is a self(ish) promotion, in ALT Linux we've had that
completely free aplliance-targeted toolchain MORE THAN THREE
YEARS AGO.

Imagine it, ApplianceWare was already built off that system
(proprietary back then) when Fedora wasn't even a child. And now
we're able to build controllable OpenVZ containers via web
interface in Server 4.0 with next-gen.

Shame on PR makers who brightly publish false stuff, especially
if these claim to be developers who should do their homework at
least before overstating that way.

I'm only happy for colleagues' breakthroughs, but in technology,
not in lies.

(as published on lwn.net)

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 ---- WBR, Michael Shigorin <mike@altlinux.ru>
  ------ Linux.Kiev http://www.linux.kiev.ua/

Re: [room] shame on you!

[Michael Shigorin]

On Sat, Jun 02, 2007 at 03:36:21AM -0400, Max Spevack wrote:
> I sincerely apologize for any inaccuracies in the press
> release.  Personally, I hate press releases.

I guess.

> I wish that they did not exist, but I understand why companies
> find them useful.  It is always very difficult to make sure
> that the people who write them take the time to ensure that
> everything is accurate, and the engineering types (a) don't
> care about a press release and (b) don't have time to review
> one when the release is imminent.

Yes, it's sort of legalese but on a different front.

Maybe doing even quick lookup when stating "the very first"
would help, or just making the statements softer.

Thanks.

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 ---- WBR, Michael Shigorin <mike@altlinux.ru>
  ------ Linux.Kiev http://www.linux.kiev.ua/