Re: [PLUG] FW: Red Hat Linux end-of-life update and transition planning

[Art Clemons <artclemons@aol.com>]

> Personally, I've started using Gentoo, so I guess I'm ok at home.
>
> At work, well that was as different story. Until I saw this:
>
> http://www.novell.com/news/press/archive/2003/11/pr03069.html
>
> Since we're a novell shop, it kind of works out for us.


Don't be too sure, Novell has a long history of buying things and 
letting them wither away if its practices don't just outright kill it 
off.  Think of the history of WordPerfect and Novell before you expect 
Suse to be around for the long term.

We may actually be reaching the end of packaged distributions of Linux 
products, unless we all start paying more for said distributions.  I've 
never been a RedHat fan, but its changes are a good indication that not 
enough money is being made selling to individuals, who also don't buy 
support.  Suse being sold is another indication that things don't always 
work out.

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