On Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 12:09:43AM +0200, Linas ??virblis wrote: > > As for the "somebody to yell at" argument, well... that sounds like a > myth to me. Never heard of anyone contacting a software vendor when > things break. I could be wrong on this one, though. > > Yes, I do work there. And this seems to be going a little off-topic... > One conversation I had with a sysadmin at a government agency went something like this: me: Why do you guys use RHEL instead of CentOS or Whitebox? him: Well, RHEL is "approved" and since we buy licenses, there is someone to hold accountable. me: So, when your exchange server goes down in flames, do you immediately call Microsoft and "hold them accountable"? him: No. me: So, will you call RedHat when the webserver goes down in flames? him: No. me: I rest my case. him: (dumbfounded look) It proved very exasperating. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com
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