We do certifiy through normal QA process SuSE SLES, RH Adv Srv for example on Intel systems, and SuSE SLES on zSeries, this is the commercial products, and I mention this because the thread started about Oracle from what I read. Oracle has several levels from what I remember, one called Validation like here:
http://www.suse.com/en/business/certifications/certified_software/oracle/certified.html SAP has something similar to the above, I even rememebr one tech doc telling you to put a SuSE Kernel on top of a Redhat install to be certified. Most ISVs IMHO need to protect themselves somewhat on Linux because it is a platform that can have any level of changes applied at the end-user level. Meaning, we know what Solaris level or NT level works through QA processes, but what if somebody calls me and says I am running SuSE SLES with 2.4.18, but I find they have patched the kernel with pre-emptive stuff, or any number of things that seemed interesting in the dev community, or say new glibc, and now Sendmail filters or something are not working correctly. So you see we have to pick certain levels of the platform and QA that and call it "known to work". You find an issue, we can reproduct that internally on the same platform, much more reasonable to keep quality control. Most HW vendors also certify against known version levels too, obviously for driver sakes, in fact I have heard rumour once that Compaq did more QA of Linux for that very reason than the Linux vendor themselves. http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/servers/linux/hpLinuxcert-dl.html Regards, Jon Jon R. Doyle Sendmail Inc. 6425 Christie Ave Emeryville, Ca. 94608 (o_ (o_ (o_ //\ (/)_ (\)_ V_/_ On Tue, 26 Nov 2002, Gregg C Levine wrote: > Hello from Gregg C Levine > Something else we need to consider here. Why would each distributor > actually distribute the freely available version of say, sendmail, and > not insist on certification for it? John, if it wasn't certified then, > it sure as taxes is now. > ------------------- > Gregg C Levine [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ------------------------------------------------------------ > "The Force will be with you...Always." Obi-Wan Kenobi > "Use the Force, Luke." Obi-Wan Kenobi > (This company dedicates this E-Mail to General Obi-Wan Kenobi ) > (This company dedicates this E-Mail to Master Yoda ) > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of > > John Summerfield > > Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 4:10 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [LINUX-390] Another distribution question > > > > On Tue, 26 Nov 2002, Dave Jousma wrote: > > > > > Thanks all for the responses. For us, this is a chicken and egg > thing. > > > We are just testing the waters, so to speak, so we are not ready to > > > call any vendor(s) to see if they will play in the 390 environment. > > > You have answered my question, though. The 3rd party app must > > > specify z/series or S390 as a platform, and if not, then it is not > > > compatible(at this time). > > > > I know some folk value certification, but I wonder. Some time ago a > > local business would not run Oracle on Linux "because it's not > > certified." > > > > It was actually available and it ran fine. > > > > Take a look at the software you run: > > Is Samba certified? > > Is Sendmail/Postfix/Exim? > > > > So far as I know, _none_ of the hardware I run Linux on is certified. > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Cheers > > John. > > > > Join the "Linux Support by Small Businesses" list at > > http://mail.computerdatasafe.com.au/mailman/listinfo/lssb >
