[CentOS] Centos 6 Update?

Thu Apr 7 17:23:55 UTC 2011
Tom H <tomh0665 at gmail.com>

On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 12:02 PM, Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org> wrote:
>
> Good ... if you don't like CentOS, then we do not want you to use it.
>
> For people who do like it, we do want you to use it.
>
> What we do not want is for people to think that they have a Service
> Level Agreement with CentOS to produce updates on their schedule.
>
> If you WANT a service level agreement with me, then you may contract for
> one. If you pay me enough, I will guarantee you updates on what ever
> schedule you are willing to pay for. I will be very professional in my
> dealings with you in that case too.
>
> When you want something that is provided for free, and when you want to
> treat me like you are paying me a million dollars a year to give it to
> you, guess what ...
>
> You can also get service level agreements from Red Hat or from Oracle or
> Novell.

This is the kind of answer that CentOS as a project shouldn't allow
(KB's recent use-something-else email is another example) because it
makes the developers look like rank amateurs.