On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 9:45 PM, Craig White <craigwhite@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, 2008-06-22 at 22:18 -0400, David Boles wrote: >> Ric Moore wrote: >> > On Sun, 2008-06-22 at 05:56 +0000, g wrote: >> > >> > It might be better to avoid the use of "labels" as much as possible. I >> > know it's hard to do in practice. Sadly, I have my share of favorites. >> > "Idiot" just rolls off the fingers when typing it. So does "Twit". >> > That's a really good one. "Stupid" gets my hackles up though, I'll >> > battle on that one. <cackles> >> > >> > Again, it's better to not use them at all. Ric >> >> >> A sensible person would run CentOS, or RHEL, or one of the many others, for a >> server. It would be foolish to run any distro, such as Fedora, there are many >> others, in a production type situation. Something that changes as often, as >> quickly, and a radically as Fedora does not, would not, be a good choice for a >> stable LAN or production system. Only if you want to be cheap and get 'the >> free stuff' would it make sense. And then 'they' would have to deal with the >> problems. >> >> So tell me Ric. What would you call someone that would do this, described >> above? Bob? Fred? Or a fool? > ---- > I have a problem with this thinking... > > 1. It presupposes what you are calling a production server. A server where you're not regularly adding new features to its software lineup > 2. It attaches a negative aspersion to anyone who doesn't agree with > your thinking. Doesn't mean it's wrong. > I can think of several scenarios off the top of my head where a Fedora > server would probably be preferable to CentOS/RHEL... > > - Thin client server (like LTSP) where I want newer end user > applications. I would think you would wanted tested, proven and stable apps for such a thing. > - Special application server like Ruby on Rails that does things like > image manipulation. I don't see what that has to do with Centos vs. Fedora. > So yes, I do think it's not only possible but sometimes useful if not > necessary to use something a little more bleeding edge than stable as a > server and not at all foolish. Possible, but rare. To each their own I guess. > Please stop with the over-arching characterizations that only serve to > further your narrow point of view. ..... -- Fedora 7 : sipping some of that moonshine ( www.pembo13.com ) -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
