RHEL 3.0 or Fedora for a 'production environment' ?
shrek-m at gmx.de
shrek-m at gmx.de
Sat Nov 1 18:16:32 UTC 2003
Ben Steeves wrote:
>On Sat, 2003-11-01 at 13:08, shrek-m at gmx.de wrote:
>
>
>>Oscar A. Valdez wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Does this statement from Red Hat mean that I can't get the same from
>>>Fedora? I don't think so. As long as Fedora provides stable, compatible
>>>packages,
>>>
>>>bug and security fixes
>>>
http://redhat.com/apps/support/errata/
see especially the end of life dates
>>> and upgrades, I think I can live with
>>>it in my 'production environment'
>>>
>>>Anyone care to comment?
>>>
>>>
>>http://fedora.redhat.com/about/rhel.html
>>
>>
>>you will update 1 or 2 times per year all your 50 servers/workstations
>>in a production environment without redhat-support ??
>>
>>good luck.
>>
>>
>
>Why not? Many companies are already running RH7/8/9 without support.
>If it worked for them them, it will continue to do so, I should think.
>For companies with sufficient available Linux/RedHat knowledge, I don't
>see the bifurcation of the distribution to be a major issue.
>
>
take a calculator and take the time you will need in the future for
security-udates/bugfixes.
we are talking about "production-environment" ?
>your local Linux
>gurus were providing support for you, then Fedora should be sufficient
>for your production environment.
>
they will provide you bugfixes, security-updates, ...
for all your fedora-core-1, fedora-core-2, fedora-core-3, fedora-core-4, ...
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shrek-m
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