It appears that I did not understand the big picture... If RH's objective is to move non-enterprise customers off of 'free' or low cost RH releases over to Fedora, then this could have far-reaching implications for those of us used to and accustomed to the RH releases with the ancillary benefits (documentation, updates, patches, etc.) I for one don't have a problem paying 50 or 60 bucks for a work station RH release, but I'm not going to pay $180 (their asking price for Intel RH 9.0 work station). I'll go to another distribution.
This strategy really doesn't surprise me. RH's business model was bound to change; indeed a business that doesn't keep moving is going to be extinct in short order. I'm just sorry that the party seems to be over -- it's 11 PM and the DJ just left :-( John Canfield -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of joel Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 12:05 PM To: 'Apache Frontpage support list' Subject: RE: [Apache-FP] RedHat EOL.... The 5 year life cycle is for their Enterprise products that run in the thousands of dollars. Take a look at fedora.redhat.com to see how they are replacing the versions we are used to using. Notice the didn't come out with a 10.0. I understand all products have a life cycle. I have upgraded a lot over the years. But have always moved to another stable platform. In reading Fedora documentation, I'm not convinced we will see as much stability in Fedora, as it's NOT made for a production environment. While I can understand a company needs to make money, I'm hoping they won't forget the people that made RedHat the leading Linux distribution.. Joel > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > John Canfield > Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 6:53 AM > To: 'Apache Frontpage support list' > Subject: RE: [Apache-FP] RedHat EOL.... > > > That's not the way I read their product support policy. > Their product life > cycle consists of different phases, ending after five years > after general > availability. The level and type of support changes as the > release ages. > See: > http://www.redhat.com/apps/support/errata/rhlas_errata_policy.html. > > > Editorial: > All products have a life cycle - some might be measured in > weeks or months, > some might be 20 years or more. RH needs to make the > business decisions > concerning their products that make sense for their > viability balanced > against their obligations to their customers. > > John Canfield > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "joel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'Apache Frontpage support list'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 11:32 PM > Subject: RE: [Apache-FP] RedHat EOL.... > > > > RedHat will EOL at the end of the year.. A few short > months from now.. > See: > > http://www.redhat.com/apps/support/errata/ After that you > need to either > > shell out for Enterprise edition or Fedora.. > > That sucks. Well then I guess I have 2 months to get > something prepared. > Damn them. Thanks for the URL. > > -Josh > _______________________________________________ Apache-FP mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.joshie.com/mailman/listinfo/apache-fp Donations: http://www.amazon.com/paypage/PT5LZITM9L227
