[BlueOnyx:25433] Re: RedHat 9 Beta released - BlueOnyx 5211R development status

[Larry Smith]

Wow, they (RH) do seem to be alienating the very people
that helped "make" them.  Suspect the writing is on the
wall and they are simply trying to whitewash it.
Such a shame.

-- 
Larry Smith
lesmith at ecsis.net

On Thu May 19 2022 22:45, Michael Stauber wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> > I'm just about done with the "Dead Rat" that's
> >
>  > now owned by Incompatible Business Machines. :p
>
> Some fun and games: I asked in an official RedHat support area why it's
> not possible to upgrade RHEL9 beta to RHEL9 GA or if there was a way
> that I hadn't yet discovered. I got the canned template answer "not
> possible" from a RedHat employee. I then said: "Great. So I'll just wait
> a bit and then do an in-situ conversion to AlmaLinux 9 when it comes out."
>
> The RedHat employee came back with a condescending reply and asked me if
> I was trolling. I said I was not, stated my experience level as a matter
> of fact and gave a short technical rundown of how I intended to do the
> conversion to AlmaLinux 9 and why that's easier than a fresh install and
> moving my payload.
>
> Lastly I asked to name just *one* technical reason why an in-situ
> upgrade from RHEL beta to GA (production) wasn't possible. Other than
> giving third party developers the middle finger after having them beta
> test and bug-report their stuff for free.
>
> I'm no longer welcome there. Banned for life. :p
>
> Not that it matters in any way. But this is too funny not to share.