> Okay, I now have some quite good arguments for Mandrake vs. SuSE. How
about
> Mandrake vs. RedHat? I don't think this is going to be that easy. How
many
> *SUPPORT* contracts/contractors are available for Mandrake, and how many
for
> RedHat? And which are avaiable?
>
Not sure if this is going to count, but when you're trying to win over the
bossman it just might. (I'm not sure if you're asking for the information
for yourself or to convince the company in general, been too busy to read
all the posts.) As a company, RH has run into major troubles recently. Their
investors are not happy and when that happens there is no telling what might
happen to a company overnight. Mandrake, IMHO, is on the rise.... They've
got a great distro and have been thoroughly testing it to make sure when it
hits the streets it will work. The RH release of 7.0 was premature and they
did not bother to work out some of the major bugs that would effect a an
enterprise environment. It seems to me that Mandrake takes a little more
pride in their product rather than rushing to be the next great thing
released. Both distributions have developer lists so you can be guaranteed
to be on top of the game. You're right though, it is tough to compare the
two because they are so close. It may come down to the business aspect or
personal preference.
my 1.5 cents... back to administrating this network =)
-Tim
