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

[Kristian Erik Hermansen]

On 8/8/07, Matthew Gillen <me-5yx05kfkO/aqeI1yJSURBw at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> David's and Rusty's replies underscore the point I was trying to make
> earlier: there isn't one definition of "geared for business", because linux
> gets used in such a wide variety of contexts (thanks to it being so damn
> useful!).  Telcos will pay a premium so they can have someone to choke,
> because they're using it a mission-critical capacity.  Small offices
> probably need extremely cheap, esp. if the service being provided by the
> linux box is non-essential.
>
> So you're both right ;-)

Good point!  It's always good to hold someone accountable in a dire
situation.  It seems like Red Hat and Canonical and SuSE and Sun all
give the business that option now...
-- 
Kristian Erik Hermansen

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