Telco switches to Ubuntu from RHEL for one reason...

[Matthew Gillen]

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.