______________________________ >From: Ashwin Mansinghka <ashwin_...@yahoo.com> >To: fedora-india@redhat.com >Sent: Mon, 19 October, 2009 11:36:05 PM >Subject: Re: [fedora-india] Association with a startup in Bangalore
>On 19-Oct-09 6:29 PM, Rangeen Basu wrote: >>> Btw. i would not use Fedora for Servers. Nobody will upgrade Servers every >>> 13 >>> month - and the argument they(startup company) do not care about security, >>> is >>> maybe good for them, but it is not good for Fedora when a old Fedora Server >>> is >>> abused - for the press still a Fedora System is abused. >>> The Company should use CentOS for their servers it's the same family. >>> >> Understood and will be conveyed to them. >> >> > >I have a slightly different view.... Fedora is as good a server as >CentOS or Debian or SUSE or...... >Security is simply a frame of mind. In my opinion, Fedora provides a >evolving security platform >for such new starters, they can graduate to a high security levels from >low levels of today. >I am sure a choice of using Fedora for servers should be appreciated and >encouraged and >supported by this forum instead of showing a different path altogether. > We are also using fedora for as server and its working nicely. >>> Here in Europe we call that Community Consulting where we enable companies >>> to >>> work with and on Fedora - and there is the Fedora EMEA e.V. as legal entity >>> - >>> non profit organisation - where you can spend donations for Fedora. We use >>> this >>> money for events, fad, fudcon, swag. We can save some RedHat Money and we >>> report all that to the Fedora Board. >>> >> I have talked to them and they have agreed to pay us some money which >> I plan to use for freemedia. I don't think that will be a problem >> legally. >> >> > i with my other friend can help these people, i am not sure what all things has to be done, yes i do have setup our college lab where we have some 70 machines two webservers backup using rsync , nat using iptables .. if i can get exact idea of the things to be done we can provide a helping hand, >If it was Kolkata, I would have offered free but limited support. I like >helping people who want to use linux >in a big way. I can help online (over internet). If costs of travel and >accommodation can be paid for, I can >travel for a few days to the courageous users of Fedora, to provide >initial thrust and support and confidence >building, and a little training. > as we have good support online, things can be done with help of each other. >>> Company helps as a Fedora Contributor, as example - provides proper >>> accomodation for Fedora Contributors for Meet up's like foss.in or provides >>> >> They are extremely small now with very limited budget, but I will stay >> in touch with them and check if they can help in any way. >> >> Also I will let them know about FOSS.in and also know if they are >> interested to participate. >> >> > >Everything starts small, the ones which make it big are those which make >the right choices, however >tough and challenging those choices may tun out to be. Best of Lucks. Amit Pundir Kormangala, Bangalore Now, send attachments up to 25MB with Yahoo! India Mail. Learn how. http://in.overview.mail.yahoo.com/photos _______________________________________________ Fedora-india mailing list Fedora-india@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-india