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Which Red Hat Should Be Worn in the Enterprise?

weatherbug asks: "I've recently been appointed as a member of a team to help determine the direction our organization is headed with Red Hat Linux. Currently we're using multiple versions from Red Hat 6.x through Advance Server 2.1. However, now that Red Hat has effectively separated their distributions into a 'consumer' (Red Hat 8,9, etc) and 'enterprise' (Red Hat Adv. Server 2.x, etc), we aren't sure which version we want to adopt. A Red Hat salesman recently told us that the 'consumer' version of Red Hat was mostly for hackers and hobbyists who weren't concerned about stability and wanted the most up-to-date software, while the 'enterprise' version would be more stable and have a five-year product lifetime. As a long time Linux system administrator, I feel that this is a sales tactic and that there really is no compelling reason for us to ever use the 'enterprise' version. After all, it is Linux and it is open source, and we have enough in-house talent to not need Red Hat support. Why would we ever need or care about a five-year product lifetime? Am I wrong, and if so, could you set us straight? We'd be interested to know what other large organizations have decided to do."

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  1. Re:Neither by Surak · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Ok, whatever, I'm a troll, and you're posting personal attacks as an AC. Trolls are calling me a troll. Now *that's* funny. I'd give you all my mod points and mod you up +5 funny if I had any.

  2. Re:Asshole by Bourbonium · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Calling "your" president an asshole is now considered a capital offense? What paragraph of the USA PATRIOT Act included that provision?

    I'm afraid my life may be in danger now. Given the choice of siding with a numbnutz redneck like you or the Dixie Chicks, I'll take those babes any old day. Go ahead and shoot me, Hinckley.

  3. Re:Neither (OT) by llamalicious · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Dude, if you're gonna bitch, don't cower behind the AC name.
    Do that, or STFU.

    that is all.