Re: [OS:N:] Why Free SW should remain as light as possible

[Etienne Goyer <etienne goyer linuxquebec com>]

Hi,

I can't get very specific as I am neither the one who did the
investigation nor the one who made the final decision.  Also, I don't
speak officially for my employer.

Basically, I think it boil down to :

1. Progeny service is _very_ cheap at 5$/month per server.

2. Progeny seem to be slightly faster in releasing update.  This is 
especially important wrt security update.

3. Trust aspect of relying on a well-known business.

So far, from what I hear (I am not the one responsible for software
update), people here are very satisfied with the quality of the job
Progeny is doing.  The service is so cheap, I don't think the cost
matter much in the end.

That being said, I am quite happy the Fedora Legacy project exist as it
provide a safety net for all the older RH users around there.  I wish
them a lot of success.

Just my 0,02$, does not reflect the position of my employer, include
standard disclaimer, YMMV, yadda, yadda.



On Thu, Mar 18, 2004 at 09:07:27AM +1100, Colin Charles wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-03-18 at 03:27, Etienne Goyer wrote:
> 
> > > > 2. Update: IIRC, RedHat does not produce patch anymore for RedHat 8.
> > > 
> > > FedoraLegacy - http://www.fedoralegacy.org/
> > 
> > A colleague of mine evaluated various legacy support source for RH 7.3,
> > and he was not really satisfied with Fedora Legacy.  We opted for
> > Progeny instead.
> 
> To satisfy my own curiosity (and to make Fedora Legacy improve), what
> was the deciding factor when it came to Progeny versus Fedora Legacy?
> 
> Tell the Legacy team where improvements need to be made will be
> significant, since legacy updates are going to be made for a long time!
> -- 
> Colin Charles, byte aeon com my
> http://www.bytebot.net/
> 
> 
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