too many reviews, not enough content

too many reviews, not enough content

I didn't find the content of this review to be much of anything, frankly.

It's just like every other Red Hat 7.3 review: Hey, it's got KDE 3! Hey, it's got a recent kernel! It doesn't have a great gcc! It seemed relatively stable on my box with the following hardware...

Except for the last point (which should be a given in a Red Hat x.2 or x.3 release) there's nothing in the review that isn't in the press release announcing the package, and certainly nothing one can't figure out after half an hour with the software.

None of the reviews mention, for example, talk about whether or not they tried switching between Sendmail and Postfix, a much-trumpeted new feature of the new version. Was it successful? Are there configuration glitches? None of the reviews talk about the 'port' of the Debian alternatives system. Is it useful? Is it easy to configure?

More broadly, none of the reviews talk about Red Hat's development arc: where they've been, where they're going next. None of the reviews talk about support their policies (critical to larger organizations); few reviews discuss, say, the Red Hat Network and how well it works, or doesn't.

I want reviews that discuss stuff *not* in the press releases. Not just, "It works, it seems stable."

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