Sure, makes sense. -Mark
On Feb 8, 2007, at 11:56 AM, Tim Donohue wrote: > Mark, > > Mark Diggory wrote: > > So why use RHEL if your hand installing everything, it pretty much > > doesn't matter what Linux distro you use, why not use a free one? It > > seems paying for is supported version of the software stack, and not > > using that supported configuration pretty much negates that service. > > > > I just noticed that Jim Rutherford responded in a similar manner to > how I was going to :) > > Beyond what Jim mentioned, using RHEL is much more convenient for > me, since our Campus IT is then able to support the OS on our > production server. > > So, I'm not actually managing the operating system at all. Our > campus IT does that as a part of our partnership (between the > library and campus IT) in creating an institutional repository. > So, the decision to use RHEL was made based on what "flavors" of > Linux our campus IT has decided they are willing to help support. > > I prefer it this way, since I don't have to worry as much about > performing OS patches, OS upgrades, etc. I am able to actually > just be the software manager for our server. > > So, although I can understand the desire to "go with what's free", > it's sometimes not that simple in reality. :) > > -Tim > > > > > -- > > ======================================== > Tim Donohue > Research Programmer, Illinois Digital Environment for > Access to Learning and Scholarship (IDEALS) > 135 Grainger Engineering Library > University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > web: http://ideals.uiuc.edu > phone: (217) 333-4648 > fax: (217) 244-7764 > ======================================== Mark R. Diggory ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DSpace Systems Manager MIT Libraries, Systems and Technology Services Massachusetts Institute of Technology ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier. Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ DSpace-tech mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
