Re: [OS:N:] Why Free SW should remain as light as possible
Etienne Goyer <[email protected]>
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Hi, I can't get very specific as I am neither the one who did the investigation nor the one who made the final decision. Also, I don't speak officially for my employer. Basically, I think it boil down to : 1. Progeny service is _very_ cheap at 5$/month per server. 2. Progeny seem to be slightly faster in releasing update. This is especially important wrt security update. 3. Trust aspect of relying on a well-known business. So far, from what I hear (I am not the one responsible for software update), people here are very satisfied with the quality of the job Progeny is doing. The service is so cheap, I don't think the cost matter much in the end. That being said, I am quite happy the Fedora Legacy project exist as it provide a safety net for all the older RH users around there. I wish them a lot of success. Just my 0,02$, does not reflect the position of my employer, include standard disclaimer, YMMV, yadda, yadda. On Thu, Mar 18, 2004 at 09:07:27AM +1100, Colin Charles wrote: > On Thu, 2004-03-18 at 03:27, Etienne Goyer wrote: > > > > > 2. Update: IIRC, RedHat does not produce patch anymore for RedHat 8. > > > > > > FedoraLegacy - http://www.fedoralegacy.org/ > > > > A colleague of mine evaluated various legacy support source for RH 7.3, > > and he was not really satisfied with Fedora Legacy. We opted for > > Progeny instead. > > To satisfy my own curiosity (and to make Fedora Legacy improve), what > was the deciding factor when it came to Progeny versus Fedora Legacy? > > Tell the Legacy team where improvements need to be made will be > significant, since legacy updates are going to be made for a long time! > -- > Colin Charles, [email protected] > http://www.bytebot.net/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Subscription and Archive: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/open-source-now-list/ > - > For K12OS technical help join K12OSN: > <https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn> -- Etienne Goyer Linux Québec Technologies Inc. http://www.LinuxQuebec.com [email protected] _______________________________________________ Subscription and Archive: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/open-source-now-list/ - For K12OS technical help join K12OSN: <https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn>