----- Original Message ----- From: Ed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 12 Mar 2003 16:30:44 -0600 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Latest UTB Newsletter > This doesn't make me feel much better. This is just marketing hype to > cover up their push of Advanced Server. Well, it makes me feel better... > I went to a Red Hat demonstration a couple months ago, and rather than > explaining why Linux was a good platform, they spent the entire four > hours setting us up to push Advanced Server and RHN. > ... Well, maybe the demo was intended for enterprise-class customers, and not simple, mere mortal users, like me. If I were to sell something to big a customer, would I promote AS&RHN (enterprise-ready), or would I promote RHL (intended for SOHO/small user)? I understand what they're doing, and I applaud them. > It's a shame to see Red Hat killing their own product like this. Promoting AS is not killing RHL. In fact, I think RHL8.1 will be one of the greatest Linux distributions I have ever tried and used. > My fear is that RH is going to keep encouraging Oracle and other big > companies to only certify products for Advanced Server, which means I'll > have to run Advanced Server as a desktop just to do my Oracle work. > Should I pay Red Hat $800 a year just so I can run SQLPlus? Maybe I'll > just switch back to Windows. Do you really need AS to run SQLPlus? I have run Oracle on standard RHL with no troubles (although it's not supported -- that is, don't call them if something goes wrong, but not supported doesn't mean it won't work). > I'm scheduled to take the RHCE exam in a couple months, and I'm > seriously wondering whether I should cancel it and work on the LPIC's > instead. I don't like the direction Red Hat is heading. Well, you can get to be an MCSE and spend all your time installing Office XP, upgrading Windows, restaring the Spooler service and debugging BSOD. Maybe you can even spend three months planning an Active Directory infraestructure. Exciting, I would say! ;-) Felipe -- ______________________________________________ http://www.linuxmail.org/ Now with e-mail forwarding for only US$5.95/yr
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