On running older threaded apps on redhat 9, as well as some stuff about why 9 instead of 8.1 here.
On the 12 month thing. And a rebuttal. And the actual EOL schedule. And the gap. CNET on Redhat's aggressive moves to push premium distributions. And the security implications. And Redhat's statement on which version is intended for which kinds of users.
I anticipate Redhat 8.1 on Mar 24, 2003 +/- 52.3 days. Preannounced for sometime in April, but then Alan Cox afterward said they don't preannounce release dates, so it's hard to say if the April announcement is going to be real. Third beta announced 19 Feb 2003, so it may be a little while from that date.
Redhat 8.0 released, Sep 30, 2002.
147 days for 1 release.
Redhat 7.3 released, May 6, 2002.
190 days for 1 release.
Redhat 7.2 released, Oct 22, 2001. I had guessed Oct 9, 2001.
189 days for 1 release.
Redhat 7.1 released, Apr 16, 2001 (from redhat)
98 days of 2000 plus 106 days of 2001 for 204 days for 1 release. Release was delayed because they did an extra beta, due to a filesystem corruption problem.
Redhat 7 released, Sep 25, 2000 (from redhat)
182 days for 1 release.
Redhat 6.2 released, Mar 27, 2000 (from slashdot)
89 days of 1999 plus 86 days of 2000, for 175 days for 1 release.
Redhat 6.1 announced, Oct 4, 1999 (from redhat)
161 days for 1 release.
Redhat 6.0 unveiled, Apr 26, 1999 (from redhat)
60 days of 1998 plus 115 days of 1999, for 175 days for 1 release.
Redhat 5.2 released, Nov 2, 1998 (from redhat)
154 days for 1 release.
Redhat 5.1 released, Jun 1, 1998 (from redhat)
217 days of 1997 plus 151 days of 1998 for 368 days for 2 releases, or an average of 184 days per release.
Redhat 4.2 shipping, May 29, 1997 (from redhat)

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