[ic] Bugs ?

[utomo]

Hi,

Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 08:44:06 -0400
From: Jason Kohles <jkohles@redhat.com>
To: interchange-users@developer.akopia.com
Subject: Re: [ic] Bugs ?
Reply-To: interchange-users@lists.akopia.com

On Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 08:43:15AM +0700, utomo wrote:
>The developer site is being updated and apparently the wishlist has
>been removed for now.

Thanks for your info. better to take it for a moment.

>And nearly all of those bugs are in the development version, which is to be
>expected from software that isn't finished yet.  I don't think anyone wants
>us to get the bug list down to 0, since the only way to do that would be to
>stop adding new features to Interchange and just give you version 4.6 for
>the rest of your life.

I understand now. Better to separate it from bugs of last stable version,
and bugs which belong to development version. If not this will make people
confuse.

>> Other things is:
>> - I hope Interchange can provide Interchange for Win, Not only *nix. I
>> believe still Many Win server around the world. So if Interchange
available
>> for Win, the name of the Interchange is real (Not Limited Interchange),
and
>> will be able to grab more target than before.

>Red Hat is primarily a linux company, and so the software they create is
for
>the most part linux software (you don't see Microsoft releasing versions of
>their software for linux do you?)  The great thing about open source is
that
>if you want a windows version, nobody is stopping you from porting it.

This is one of the big different, between Microsoft and other company. Other
company make decission just by what they think (not what user think), by
proud or what they think at current time, but Microsoft is doing by what
customer/user think, and business strategy for long run.
I think many people still remember when Microsoft Include the Java VM in the
IE ( they will not include it anymore in IE 6/Win XP), and when they new
with Win 3.11 (still using DOS), and now they try to minimizing/eliminating
DOS, when they new with Internet they follow other people standard, but when
they dominating the browser they try to make a rules/standard. and many
other things. (But this is not same with I suggest you to do a same strategy
as Microsoft).
- This is little bit different, Red Hat Interchange is Red Hat products, why
you releasing version for Suse, Mandrake, etc ?
my 2 cents please consider again this.


>> - Also if possible please just provide one package for all, not like now
we
>> have RPM for Red Hat Linux 7; an RPM for Red Hat Linux 6 and Linux
Mandrake;
>> and Debian GNU/Linux packages.

>Hate to disappoint you, but this is fundamentally impossible.  If you are
using
>Red Hat Linux, you need RPMs, if you are using Debian you need Debian
packages,
>the alternative to doing it this way is to distribute only the .tar.gz file
and
>make everyone compile and install it themselves, if you would prefer that,
the
>.tar.gz is available for you.

This is also one of the problem of the Linux Vs Microsoft.
All Linux companies/guys did not working together with good strategy to
Improve Linux, but they work in their own strategy.
If people must have many version for each software, this will become a
problem (even only small problem).
After so long time, just not so ling time ago Linux realize this.
- Now the important things for Linux: Driver , Development tools, and
Training. Installation and GUI is almost OK.


> If you review the mailing list you will also see that there is a lot of
work
> going into improving the documentation, in fact we have a full time
technical
> writer doing nothing but documentation.  Docs don't appear overnight, they
> take work.

Thanks. and Please add more Q&A/FAQ. any estimation schedule ?

> Interchange supports several payment providers, and 4.8 will support even
> more since the payment processing has been completely rewritten.  The cost
> of the provider is between you and your processor, we don't have anything
> to do with what they charge you.

Thanks
I talking the cost Red Hat asking/charge to that company (processor), if you
asking too high: not so much company will interest. I think we must do a Win
Win solution, if the provider is new/not popular you can charge more, but if
the provider is popular, maybe you can negotiate the cost, because they will
add your selling point.

(These are just my personal opinions, I don't speak officially for Red Hat)
--
Red Hat E-Business Solutions                    Jason Kohles
11480 Sunset Hills Road                         Senior System Architect
Reston, VA 20190                                jkohles@redhat.com

(These are just my personal opinions, I don't speak officially for Red Hat,
Microsoft or any other company :) )

Best Regards,


Utomo