On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 07:57:08PM -0500, Kent Borg wrote: > So what are these new distributions? Other than costing more, is ES > 8.1? Is WS a workstation install of ES? (AS seems to be former > Advanced Server.)
ES is *NOT* 8.1. AS really is the former AS. ES is essentially AS without the clustering pieces. WS is the workstation install of AS/ES but has most of the server components removed. All 3 - AW/ES/AS - have the same multi-year lifetime and support as what Red Hat has been offering with AS. 3-5 years from now, you'll still be getting security patches. I would expect that most businesses will want to go to ES for their typical mail and DNS servers and is what I'll be doing with my 10+ Linux systems at work (currently running from 6.1 to 7.3). A few enterprises will want the clustering pieces and put AS in the mix. Those who are rolling out production Linux desktops may want AW. The 8.x line is basically consumer-oriented and designed to be more feature-current (i.e. bleeding edge) and for those who don't mind doing an operating system upgrade annually. It will continue to be available via free downloads and supported by free RHN demo or paid RHN basic accounts. -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
