Akemi Yagi wrote: > On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 7:58 AM, Bogdan Nicolescu<bo2k2 at yahoo.com> wrote: >> >From http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20090629 >> >> "....Right next to the Gentoo stand was a group of young people, proudly displaying their affiliation with CentOS. >> Dag Wieers, the well-known maintainer of a once very popular RPM >> repository, greeted me with a big smile: "Do you know CentOS?" When I >> introduced myself, he looked somewhat disappointed: "Oh, so you know CentOS..." Still, we found a lot to talk about. "Yes, CentOS is often >> considered a server operating system," explained Dag, "but we are >> trying to change that. In fact, the latest release has many up-to-date >> desktop packages and we also have an extra repository with many >> application and drivers that are not officially part of Red Hat >> Enterprise Linux (RHEL)." He asserted: "CentOS can be a perfect system >> for those who need long-term stability and who don't want to take >> frequent and potentially risky upgrade paths." ...." > > A serious doubt has been raised about the credibility of that story. > Did the reporter indeed meet Dag at the CentOS booth? Or was it at a > nearby pub? > > http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2558/3679382429_d535f79823_o.jpg > (info offered by NedSlider) > > Akemi hehe :) I can't take credit though - I first saw Wolfy link it.
