Guys I find this a very serious concern. My fear is that the likes of Suse and Mandrake would end up following suit to the detriment of we the advocates and system builders.
The second paragraph of the article expresses very serious concerns. This is what it has to say: ************** What made the problem worse was that, if you were called into a meeting on the day of the announcement to explain what you were prepared to do in response to this, you likely didn't have a solid answer. The choices available were mind-boggling. Is Gentoo ready yet? Mandrake, SUSE, and Debian all have automated installs, but how long would it take to figure them out and get things in place? In the case of SUSE, you also can't download ISO images, and in the case of Debian or Gentoo, you'd have to adjust to their way of doing things ... and oh by the way, all the RPMs you've built to cusomize things for your environment are now useless. Would you still have the flexibility of kickstart? How do you evaluate all of these things and do your job before the cutoff? *************** Wire > http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=04/08/23/152225 > Many admins who got the OK to get Linux in the door a few months ago > have had to face a lot of people with ties on and arms folded standing > outside their cubicle after Red Hat made its end-of-life announcement: > Red Hat would no longer release updates for Red Hat Linux 9 and would no > longer distribute free ISO images of its releases. The alternative, Red > Hat Enterprise, costs money, which invalidated one argument that was > useful in getting it Linux in the door in the first place... > > > > --------------------------------------------- > This service is hosted on the Infocom network > http://www.infocom.co.ug > --------------------------------------------- This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
