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Kristian Erik Hermansen wrote: > On 8/8/07, Matthew Gillen <me-5yx05kfkO/aqeI1yJSURBw at public.gmane.org> wrote: >> Can you elaborate on how Fedora is not geared toward businesses? > > Fedora users cannot purchase official support as they can with Red > Hat. Canonical offers a support program for Ubuntu through their > website. > > http://www.ubuntu.com/support/paid > > If an enterprise wants Red Hat-based support, they can't be running > Fedora. Or maybe you know of some deal where this is possible? No, I don't. I just wanted to know what you thought "geared for business" meant. Paid-support is certainly a valid criteria. I can think of others though. A lot depends on the type of business, and how capable the particular business' sys-admins are. I would have said that Fedora is not geared for business because of its quick release cycle. Most business don't want to upgrade their servers every 6 months (or a year if you do every other release). It looks like Ubuntu has some decent long term support (~5 yrs) for certain spins. Matt -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
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