Re: [OT] Is there a future for CentOS or systems to run on your web server

2009-08-01 Thread Peter Alcibiades
No, by all means warn them, but the warning should be something like, the project leader has been having problems for a while. The team has finally come to the point of action and is acting to get the situation resolved and take things forward - probably in the end without him. Something to be

Re: [OT] Is there a future for CentOS or systems to run on your web server

2009-08-01 Thread Bernard Devlin
It is _the_ primary strength of free software solutions (in the strict GPL/LGPL sense) that one is not at a dead end if a project has only one primary developer and that person no longer continues development. One has access to the source code and can continue development. If the source of a

Re: [OT] Is there a future for CentOS or systems to run on your web server

2009-07-31 Thread Peter Alcibiades
They'll work through it. Sad as it is, the team should have taken action quite a while ago - well, they apparently did take some sort of action quite a while back, but didn't do it forcefully or urgently enough. In a month or so, the thing will probably be resolved and with more precautions to

Re: [OT] Is there a future for CentOS or systems to run on your web server

2009-07-31 Thread GIRARD Damien
Hi, Sad is it, I am running CentOS as development workstation for its maturity and like it. (I had just to compile Mono to have the latest version). Personnaly I am using thoses operating system, and each ones have its usages: - Graphical development: Windows. (Yes I like Windows). -

Re: [OT] Is there a future for CentOS or systems to run on your web server

2009-07-31 Thread Pierre Sahores
More preciously : Rev 2.1.2 is the last version to run on Solaris. Perhaps would it be usefull to have it compiled again for this platform, as a marketing effort, at least, to help to let RevServe be seen as a professional grade alternative to Tomcat or PHP. Pierre -- Pierre Sahores

Re: [OT] Is there a future for CentOS or systems to run on your web server

2009-07-31 Thread Judy Perry
Our department has been using CentOS (which is what I'm logged into at the moment) for our departmental server for at least a year now with no problems that I've heard of. The news about the head going Away WithOut Leave is disconcerting, as my neighbor's employer, a pretty good sized monthly

Re: [OT] Is there a future for CentOS or systems to run on your web server

2009-07-31 Thread stephen barncard
Isn't that what the CENTOS people were trying to do on their site, to get everyone to calm down? Speculation could kill a good product. A warning like that to possibly non-technical people could elicit panic. - Stephen Barncard San Francisco http://barncard.com

Re: [OT] Is there a future for CentOS or systems to run on your web server

2009-07-31 Thread Judy Perry
Are you saying that you wouldn't want to be warned? Judy On Fri, 31 Jul 2009, stephen barncard wrote: Isn't that what the CENTOS people were trying to do on their site, to get everyone to calm down? Speculation could kill a good product. A warning like that to possibly non-technical people

Re: [OT] Is there a future for CentOS or systems to run on your web server

2009-07-31 Thread stephen barncard
Well by saying 'warned' you already put a spin on something that may not be that big a deal. The only problem is with the website domain name, really I've already stuck my nose in too far... never mind - Stephen Barncard San Francisco http://barncard.com

Re: [OT] Is there a future for CentOS or systems to run on your web server

2009-07-31 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi all, My conclusion after reading the CentOS web site is: CentOS is dead. What indicates that this conclusion is wrong? -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering http://economy-x-talk.com Submit your software products to

Re: [OT] Is there a future for CentOS or systems to run on your web server

2009-07-31 Thread stephen barncard
Because in this fast-paced internet world of ours, rumor and innuendo spread fast, either from not knowing all the facts, making assumptions, or not reading all of the information, leads to the needless destruction of reputations and livelihoods. Why spread fear about something we don't really

Re: [OT] Is there a future for CentOS or systems to run on your web server

2009-07-31 Thread Mark Schonewille
Thanks, Stephen. I had not seen that, when I visited the site yesterday. -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering http://economy-x-talk.com Submit your software products to http://www.quickestpublisher.com and get found! If you sent me an e-mail

[OT] Is there a future for CentOS or systems to run on your web server

2009-07-30 Thread Andre Garzia
Hello Folks, I am bringing this here since with the introduction of RevWeb and RevServer, many here will be jumping on the webserver bandwagon. You can always opt to go using On-Rev which is a fantastic service for both value and features. There are cases where you will want to own your own