[TriLUG] Red Hat's new errata support policy of "consumer" OSes

[Chris Hedemark]

On Tuesday, January 28, 2003, at 01:22 PM, Mike Broome wrote:

> Here's an interesting article from The Register with commentary on Red
> Hat's new position of supporting "consumer" OS releases for only 12
> months.

Without going into detail, it has definitely gotten my attention (RH 
enterprise entitlement customer).  I definitely plan on bringing it up 
with my account manager.

I'm personally not happy with the idea that we're forced into using 
RHAS if we don't want to have to do a major upgrade every year.  If I'm 
reading this policy correctly, it would preclude me from deploying Red 
Hat on desktops due to the rapid life cycle of their consumer releases 
(and I'm not going to pay the $$$ for RHAS on the desktop).

No, I don't expect RH to support their products forever, but for 
enterprise entitlement customers a few years wouldn't hurt.

Chris Hedemark .. Prospect Park, PA .. http://yonderway.com
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