Re: RHEL 3.0 or Fedora for a 'production environment' ?

["shrek-m gmx de" <shrek-m gmx de>]

Ben Steeves wrote:

> On Sat, 2003-11-01 at 13:08, shrek-m 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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