Fedora philosophy (was ATI video comes out of the closet)

[Ed Greshko]

Arthur Pemberton wrote:
> On 9/10/07, Ed Greshko <Ed.Greshko at greshko.com> wrote:
>> I have clients using RHELv4 along with firefox 2.x and OpenOffice 2.2.  Just
>> because RHELv4 doesn't come with those application versions doesn't mean one
>> can't create/maintain a local repository and update efficiently.  We are
>> talking about "large enterprises" with a dedicated IT staff, right?
> 
> 
> That single policy/practice alone can generally elevate Fedora to
> enterprise level stability.
> 
> Vanilla fedora probably shouldn't be used in a production environment,
> but put in your own managed and tested repo, and it should be just
> fine.

The operative word here is "should".  Also, FWIW, "large enterprises"
generally prefer to have maintenance contracts with the vendor.  Since there
is no "vendor" or "maintenance contract" available for Fedora......