Red Hat End-of-Life
Andrew W. Gaunt
quantum at lucent.com
Thu Jan 30 10:23:21 EST 2003
I seem to recall Sun Microsystems trying to kill SunOS in favor of
Solaris for years.
I'm not even sure if it's really dead yet, I know we have a few servers
still running
SunOS as it just doesn't make sense to "upgrade" them when we consider what
they're used for.
You should not think that "high-end users" don't run a single release
>>for a long time also. A lot of large companies try to get to a
>>"stable platform", then do not change it other than applying bugs.
>>
>>Red Hat may change their minds on this one after they get some
>>feedback.
>>
>>
>This is also very true. There is always the desire of a user, whether
>small personal users or large corporate users to not only have a stable
>release, but also to standardize that release accross platforms.
>I'm sure that Red Hat will rethink their decision, but most likely
>change the time parameters.
>
>
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