On Sat, 2005-03-26 at 20:46 -0700, Collins Richey wrote:
> On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 22:29:37 -0500, Chris Mauritz <chrism@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Tony Wicks wrote:
> >
> > > http://news.com.com/Programmers+bypass+Red+Hat+Linux+fees/2100-7344_3-5632434.html?tag=st.pop
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > quote -
> > >
> > >
> > > Red Hat chooses to see the glass as half full, with spokeswoman Leigh
> > > Day calling the clones "good news" because they could attract new
> > > customers."If they try versions that are not supported or supported
> > > inadequately, they will get a hint of the value propositions that are
> > > available for Linux and ultimately turn to a company that can support
> > > their businesses," Day said. Red Hat will continue releasing the
> > > source RPM files. "What we're doing now we'll continue to do for the
> > > long term," Day said.
> >
> > Call me crazy, but I feel like I get better support from the CentOS
> > folks and the community. I didn't switch to CentOS because it was
> > "cheaper."
> >
>
> It's a little of both for me (home user). I don't pay for Linux,
> period. A friend put me on to CentOS, and I like what I've seen. Most
> companies want paid support, as though it really provides anything.
> They don't understand the community support model at all.
>
> I wonder, for example, if anyone has gotten the true story from RedHat
> support about the LVM/LV2 mess with lack of support for shrinking
> filesystems - propably not in the clear way it's presented on the
> CentOS list.
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they don't censor the nahant (RHEL 4) or the taroon (RHEL 3) lists so
there's no reason why it can't be discussed on their lists and of
course, everyone is free to create bugzilla entries.
Craig
