RE: [MLUG] SuSE

[Ryan Dooley <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

What my alter-ego said. :-)

Ryan

> Um, unless it's because RedHat worked with Oracle, Veritas,
> Alias|Wavefront, etc. to ensure that the enterprise version of their
> distribution will run the big dog's software.  It's not cheap for
> companies to certify their products for use on a wide variety of
> operating systems.  That's why Maya runs on Red Hat Linux (TM), but not
> on Ned's Own Linux version 0.0.11.
> 
> You also get the added assurance that the software will be supported for
> more than a year or two (at most).
> 
> And last, but not least, you all need to remember something: they're a
> company.  They need to make money to survive and compete.  That's a fact
> of life in our economic system.  Fedora is still available for download,
> and is actively maintained by both RedHat employees and community
> contributors.  Changes made in Fedora will most likely roll back into
> the enterprise RedHat.
> 
> I don't see how RH is proprietary crap.  You can still download the
> SRPMs from their enterprise products.  Roll your own.  Remember, like
> how it used to be?
> 
>      ryan woodsmall
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> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
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> > [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ross, Matthew
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 4:51 PM
> > To: MLUG Members
> > Subject: RE: [MLUG] SuSE
> > 
> > This, to answer Jerry's question a bit better, is how RH 
> > earned their "MS Linux" title. Proprietary crap. I don't know 
> > if thats the server packages mentioned here, but anything 
> > that keeps you dependant on their version is crap, IMO.
> 
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