[R] getAttr problem

[Marc Schwartz]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Prof Brian Ripley [mailto:ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk]
>Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 10:44 AM
>To: Stoyanov, Tsvetan
>Cc: 'r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch'
>Subject: Re: [R] getAttr problem
>
> SNIP
>
>> This is true for  R 1.7.0 on both Win2000 with mingw and 
>Redhat 9.0 with gcc.
>
>Well, the source code is the same for both systems, so that is not 
>surprising (and BTW `mingw' is on ix86 port of gcc, and RH9 (no .0?) 
>uses another ix86 port of gcc).
>
> SNIP
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>Brian D. Ripley,                  ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
>Professor of Applied Statistics,  http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/
>University of Oxford,             Tel:  +44 1865 272861 (self)
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Starting with RH 9 (no .0), RH is moving away from the minor version
numbering scheme to focus on incremental updates to the major versions
via the RH Network.  Presumably this is a marketing driven approach
to:

1. Secure additional incremental and predictable annual revenue via
RHN support programs 

and 

2. Reduce the typical delays in new x.0 version adoption as opposed to
having folks wait for a x.1 release. Combined with the shortened End
of Life timelines for older versions that have been announced by RH,
this would *in theory* reduce the number of versions RH has to support
in the market place, reducing RH's version specific support costs.

Thus, more revenue and lower cost -> enhanced profitability.

HTH,

Marc Schwartz