>From what I've read the first core release of Project Fedora was a disappointment and had quite a few bugs in it. Since Fedora isn't likely to be supported by any major applications (including CF) it's probably not a viable long term option anyways for anyone who wants apps that are actually supported.
I've been looking into purchasing a license for RedHat Enterprise Linux ES but the 349 USD price tag coupled with annual costs for a subscription is somewhat daunting, at least when you're used to using a free OS. SUSE Standard Server 8 is another option but their price is 449 USD. RedHat's main partnerships look to be Dell and Oracle whereas SUSE has a strong IBM partnership and is now owned by Novell (who also owns Ximian). If you have a preference towards any of those companies' hardware or software it might be something to consider. Of course there are plenty of other Linux distros but very few of them have much enterprise support.
I'm commited to Linux more than anything else. MM's commitment to Linux however seems to be wavering. Although the Verity support isn't maintained by MM that entire suite of tools in unusable on any modern Linux OS. I'd like to see MM consider offering the Lucene engine for Linux users in place of Verity.
Ultimately I'll probably stick with RedHat and pay the fee or find a suitable Linux distro that works well with the rest of my open source stack (Apache, MySQL and PostgreSQL). As far as the app server is concerned it's likely that I'll be making a migration to Tomcat with 6-12 months and converting our existing code base (about 50% CF and 50% PHP) to a unified Java code base. The issues I've been having with Verity since upgrading to CFMX 6.1 have left a very bad taste in my mouth and a far less positive view of CF and MM that I previously held.
-Cliff
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