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[Vincent Trouilliez]

On Fri, 2006-03-03 at 23:14 +0800, Jerome Gotangco wrote:
> On 3/3/06, Vincent Trouilliez <vincent.trouilliez at modulonet.fr> wrote:
> <snip>
> > A release lasts only 6 months, not that long a life, so the faster they
> > arrive, the more sense the CD's make.
> > It's not like Windows that lasts a few years, so it doesn't matter if it
> > takes 3 months to receive it.
> 
> Actually each version lasts (or supported) 18 months after release. In
> the case of Warty (Ubuntu 4.10), it is *still* supported until April
> 2006.

Yes yes yes, I will rephrase  ;-)

A version is "replaced", every 6 months. Is it okay like this ? ;o)

Dapper is supported for 3 years on the desktop, but Linux is
moving/improving so fast, that in 3 years, I guess most people will
rather want to receive Ubuntu 9.04 CD's, not 6.04 ;-)

--
Vince