Seriously though, I certainly think debian is better than redhat, but I don't know of any hard numbers or testing to back that up. You might have to do some testing to prove that, but that kind of work can be very hard and time consuming.
Debian is easier to keep updated, which is good for security. I think debian is easier to admin in general. Just impress on them how horrible linuxconf is.
The license is a very good point. Its nice to know you can use the software, etc without worrying that you are "Legal" or whatever that phrase microsoft uses/used ("get legal" or whatever). Just follow the GPL, and there are no worries. This argument has let me put several debian systems in what is otherwise an NT ocean (with a few solaris islands). We make unix-based telcom gear (VRUs, calling cards, voicemail systems, etc, but our IT department is fanatically dedicated to having NT on every desktop and server they can, even when that makes our internal network unstable. Our developers are playing with linux, but I don't know if they will win that fight. On really cheap setups we even sell NT VRUs, it is embarassing.
From: "Wayne Sitton" <waynes@iexalt.net> Reply-To: <waynes@iexalt.net> To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Subject: Debian vs. Red Hat Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 21:54:15 -0500 Here is the situation, I'm a Debian user. The company I work for, so far, will only allow Red Hat as it's Linux OS on it's servers. I need some goodreasons to justify using Debian. So I'm asking you guys to help me out withyour opinions, and Documentation, to prove to these computer iliterate people, that Debian is better. Wayne --Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe debian-user-request@lists.debian.org < /dev/null
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