Red Hat

[Bill Sconce]

On Mon, 6 Oct 2003 10:17:57 -0400 (EDT)
bscott at ntisys.com wrote:

> On Fri, 3 Oct 2003, at 7:46pm, plussier at mindspring.com wrote:
> > Debian.  Long release cycles, stable, testing, and bleeding edge 
> > versions all available for the same price ($0), and a ton of community 
> > support :)
> 
>   Unfortunately, also near-zero support from major third-party vendors, who
> need a "traditional company" and a "traditional product" to do business
> with.  :-(  These same problems, BTW, apply to the "new" RHL.
> 
>   With these changes by Red Hat, we're re-evaluating our plans here at Net
> Technologies.  I'm seriously considering Debian   [...]



This is a large and complex question.  In fact, an entire industry is
wrestling with it.  I can make one contribution, however:  a reminder
that whenever "support" and "Debian" occur in the same sentence, "Libranet"
should come to mind.

-Bill