Re: Newbie Query about Centos: where it is going...

[b.j.smith at ieee.org (Bryan J. Smith)]

On Mon, 2005-05-30 at 12:30 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote:
> Realistically, one of the big reasons that support is dropped for
> anything it that the company providing it has gone out of business
> and where money is involved they will be bankrupt and your lawsuit
> will be futile.  Sometimes it is just best to have a plan to switch
> to an alternative if your first choice becomes unavailable.

Yes.  Exit plans play a major roll in mitigating the risk of rolling out
a solution.  Never, ever assume a vendor will continue a product.

Especially products that are not GPL or GPL compatible.  Vendors
virtually never offer a way out of any lock-in.  Not my words but
Gartner's.



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