Re: RedHat Compatibility
On Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 09:46:26AM +1000, Craig Sanders wrote:
> you're worrying about something that makes little practical difference.
>
> those users who want to install proprietary software (e.g. oracle)
> will run redhat anyway because their purchasing decisions include
> non-technical factors like brand-name, commercial support, etc. they're
> not going to use debian no matter how "RH-compatible" it is.
Sorry, I cannot agree on this one. I do know companies that are
tired of using an ancient RedHat system. Quite a lot of them would love to
muve their production system to e.g. Debian and only keep one test machine
running with RedHat so they can use commercial support.
Michael
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