Re: Debian vs Ubuntu for Enterprise Production Servers

["Robert Isaac" <rjisaac@gmail.com>]

On 11/17/06, Igor TAmara <igor@tamarapatino.org> wrote:
> Hi,
> Marvin> Hello all,
> Marvin>
> Marvin> I'm not creating a flame war here but I just want to get suggestions
> Marvin> especially from those who administers enterprise production servers.  I
> Marvin> am still confused on what to use in the future.  Can you list some pros
> Marvin> and cons on using either of the two distributions?  Let's base the
> Marvin> comparison between the Dapper Drake LTS and probably the next stable
> Marvin> release for Debian which is Etch.  Also, I am more particular with an
> Marvin> AMD64 architecture.
> Marvin>
>
> If the enterprises you are working for are willing to pay for extra
> support or Ubuntu want to get money on bussiness like RedHat did in the
> past or maybe someday there is a trade between Microsoft and Ubuntu to
> make people pay royalties like is happening now with Suse(Novell),
> or even Ubuntu could be bought by Microsoft as happened in the past with
> Caldera(SCO), you'll stick with Ubuntu, if you want the servers remain
> free, Debian would be the way.

I don't see the worlds first space tourist selling out to Microsoft
anytime soon.

Really the decision on this comes down to what is truly important,
server uptime which means more productivity.   Everyone knows what
Debian stability is, has anyone experienced this sort of stability
from Ubuntu in any of their distributions, because I haven't.

If you want a rock solid server _without_ the annoyances of what is
essentially a testing distribution on your server, Debian is the way
to go.  If you want the psychological umbrella of corporate support
which only means anything to the executives, then go with Ubuntu.