Home | FAQ | Server | Presentations | Mailing Lists/Archives | Member Tools | Links | Sponsors | ContactHome | FAQ | Server | Presentations | Mailing Lists/Archives | Member Tools | Links | Sponsors | ContactGotta third that. :) As an enterprise user, I VERY much understand this issue. Particularly after having to do glibc recompiles to get Oracle to work on the RH9 system. SO, keep this in mind people! Jason /--------------------------------------|---------------------------\ | Jason McIntosh | CELL: 573-424-7612 | | Webmaster, thinker, Programmer, etc. | WORK: 573-884-3865 | | http://poetshome.com/ | | |------------------------------------------------------------------| |"How should I know if it works? That's what beta testers are | |for. I only coded it." | |(Attributed to Linus Torvalds, somewhere in a posting) | \--------------------------------------|---------------------------/ GnuPG Key: http://poetshome.com/about/jmcintosh_mlug.missouri.edu.gpgkey On Nov 4, 2003, at 5:07 PM, Ryan Dooley wrote: > 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 >> EMAIL:PROTECTED >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: EMAIL:PROTECTED >>> [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. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> members mailing list >> EMAIL:PROTECTED >> http://mlug.missouri.edu/mailman/listinfo/members > > _______________________________________________ > members mailing list > EMAIL:PROTECTED > http://mlug.missouri.edu/mailman/listinfo/members
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