On Fri, 3 Oct 2003, Aaron Konstam wrote:
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I think the analysis if Martin's above succinctly gets to the core of the real problem. We at Trinity run 100 or so machines for student and faculty use and the Fedora Core just won't do it for us. We have not the staff for the fast turn around nor the money to purchase that many RHEL copies. (I am not sure but I am assuming your would need a
I'm sorry, but you're being slightly pig-headed here. Its just a process of what IT managers have been doing for decades.
You choices are (and there may be more!):
A) make a case to management, and the user community ie. those staff who are telling you that they need Redhat (read Fedora) and won't use anything else. A case for more support staff and time to support Fedora.
B) go with RHEL, but again you need to make a case to the management for a budget.
C) go with another distro that suits your needs/pocketbook
Sorry if I'm sounding strident - I don't mean to.
As my grandmother used to say "A champagne thirst with a lemonade purse"