Re: Red Hat Users Invited To Test RHEL 5

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On Wed, 2006-09-13 at 17:03 -0400, William Hooper wrote:
> taharka wrote:
> > On Wed, 2006-09-13 at 15:07 -0400, William Hooper wrote:
> >
> >> taharka wrote:
> >>> How do,
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, 2006-09-13 at 11:43 -0400, William Hooper wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> taharka wrote:
> >>>>> Red Hat users invited to test RHEL 5
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> This has what to do with Fedora?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Plenty, Red Hat has to do with Fedora same as Novell has to do with
> >>> SUSE ;-)
> >>>
> >>
> >> Not really.  RHEL is a completely different distribution with
> >> completely different goals than Fedora.  RHEL discussions have very
> >> little to do with Fedora.
> >>
> >
> > RHEL ain't that much different, being that new features/technology
> > introduced come from none other than Fedora.
> 
> I never said they didn't.  But once it becomes RHEL, very few new
> features/technologies will introduced into that codebase.

No doubt, and your point being?

> > So, tell me, why is it, when
> > some one on this list, mentions using Fedora on a server for mission
> > critical stuff, the immediate response is always, it shouldn't be used &
> > RHEL/CentOS is recommended?
> 
> For most "Mission Critical" servers, reinstalling ~1 a year is not desired.

Once again, no kidding. Still doesn't answer the question, (to be more
precise), why does the RHEL name even come up if there isn't a direct
relationship between Red Hat & Fedora?

> >> Novell is a company that produces the SUSE distribution.
> >>
> >
> > No kidding, that was merely an example to show the relationship between
> > Red Hat/Fedora & that same relationship between Novell/SUSE.
> 
> The post wasn't about "Red Hat" the company, it was about RHEL, the
> distribution.

Yes, and perhaps you can explain what the "RH" in RHEL stands for? Could
it be for the same company that produces RHEL & Fedora?

> >>> Perhaps some Fedora users are interested in Red Hat's enterprise
> >>> offerings for stability & support?
> >>
> >> Then they should be subscribed to the RHEL lists.  Should everyone
> >> start posting SUSE, Ubuntu, and Gentoo news here because "some Fedora
> >> users are interested in..."?
> >
> > And, just who are you to be determining who should be subscribed to what
> > lists?
> 
> Different lists are created so that the people interested in a particular
> topic can have a list to discuss it.  Over generalizing the list (you
> know, like posting stuff about a completely different distribution) will
> just lead to this list becoming a bigger mess than it is already.

What do you mean completely different distribution? I use some RHEL rpms
on Fedora, so they ain't completely different.

> > It ain't my call to say what's posted to this list.
> 
> It is when you're hitting the send button.

Correct, and also note the post is sent to fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxxx

> -- 
> William Hooper

taharka

Lexington, Kentucky U.S.A.

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