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I called it: CentOS 6 release date

Submitted by Scott Dowdle on Sun, 2011-07-10 12:00. CentOS

In the interview I did with Troy Dawson of Scientific Linux, I mention that my prediction for CentOS 6.0 is July 11th... but that interview is dated June 6th. Not so prophetic really... but I know I had been saying that for a while. Well, it looks like CentOS 6.0 is coming out on July 11th... or maybe the 12th... depending on when they do he bit flip.

I decided to search my IRC logs for "July 11" to see how far back I originally guessed. I knew that it has been at least a couple of months earlier than June. here's what I found:

[Monday, April 04, 2011] [04:52:57 PM] <dowdle> bodhi_zazen: And then the plan is for 2-3 weeks after 5.6 is out, 6.0 will be released. I'll believe that when I see it. My guess for CentOS 6.0 is July 11.


[Tuesday, May 10, 2011] [03:16:31 PM]

<dowdle> kaptk2: I don't think anyone is going to displace CentOS anytime soon.  I think Scientific Linux is good too... and I'm sure it is growing given the fact that CentOS 6 is so late.  My release guess for CentOS 6 is July 11th. :)
[Thursday, July 07, 2011] [11:27:31 AM]

<dowdle> kaptk2: FIIK.  My guess for a release date was July 11 and I thought that was overdoing it... but it looks like not.  If you want it now, use Scientific Linux.

[Friday, July 08, 2011] [01:21:29 PM] <dowdle> kaptk2: But of course the dir perms are too restrictive so it'll probably be a few days before they do the bit flip. I want a prize if my July 11th prediction is correct. :)

Update: Looks like they did something unusual and flipped the bit (where the directory is publicly readable) today... on a Sunday... so I was off by one day.

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