Red Hat End-of-Life

[Robert Casey]

When it comes to desktop support whether it be Windows or Linux we have 
users who always feel the need to upgrade to the latest OS and they are 
told that if they want to be the guinea pigs they will have to support 
it themselves. Incidentally, I have a system running Sun OS 4.14 and 
Sun does not support Sun OS any longer.

Bob


On Thursday, January 30, 2003, at 10:23  AM, Andrew W. Gaunt wrote:

> 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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