Am Samstag, 10. September 2005 16:37 schrieb Pascal Bleser: > Marcel Volz wrote: > > What about a openSUSE Server Version, just like CentOS or > > Whitebox ? Perhaps with the same core as SLES? > > Is there a chance that Novell or openSUSE release such a > > distribution? > > Novell does, it's called SLES.
But it's not OpenSource! I like SLES very much and work with it very often. I would like to see a OpenSource Enterprise Server based on my favourite distribution. > > I know that Novell want to earn money with their Server > > Product, but I think most of the money will be made with > > additional services and addons, like the Novell Enterprise > > Services, Groupwise or eDirectory. > > Why should Novell "open" SLES ? That doesn't make any sense, as > SLES uses packages that are in SUSE Linux and is made of > opensource software you can have on SUSE Linux as well. It's just > that it comes with a lot of services and guarantees. (it does > have some additional modules, e.g. in YaST2, but nevertheless) I use SUSE Linux as Server at home and sometimes at work, but I don't get the bugfixes and security updates that are needed to implement it at most business. I'm not at Novell and i don't know how much Novell earn with each SLES license, but I don't think that this is much. Maybe much more could be earned if there is a open source version and the additional services would be sold. With the Open Source Version there could be a much more widespread. But that's only my opinion. > But feel free to start a new SUSE variant specialized on servers > and based on SUSE Linux 10.0, just like Andreas Girardet does > with SUPER: http://opensuse.org/SUPER That's what "openSUSE" is > really about ;) Maybe I think about it. But I don't know if it make sense. For a "Enterprise Distribution" you need a long lifecycle, reliable security update and bugfixes, hardware and software certification and much more. I don't think that a community could do this. -- MfG, Marcel Volz --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
