Re: [cobalt-developers] pkg.nl.cobalt.com site closed

[Chris Johnson <cj.johnson@xxxxxxx>]

	Christian Wieczorek wrote:
	> It seems like sun does not want their employees to work
	> on high quality updates anymore. It's a shame !

    The problem with the pkg.nl.cobalt.com site was that a large
    number of people were downloading software without noticing
    the "unsupported software" disclaimer.  

    Old time Cobalt developers are aware of the concept of open
    source and the difference between the latest and greatest and
    supported distributions.

    We have a much higher visability as part of Sun, and newer
    customers were downloading from the NL site and calling for
    support problems.  The typical phrase was:

	"I got it from Cobalt.com, so what do you mean it
	isn't supported."

    This is not part of a sinister plan to reduce our quality.
    Rather it is part of a plan to address user expectations like
    the one above.  Our hope is that sophisticated users will not
    notice any change except for the URL.

    Chris Johnson
    Chief Architect