On Tue, 14 Jan 2003, Samuel Flory wrote: > Actually I was trying to point out how silly it is to use AS outside > of RH's program. The reason to use AS is not that there is anything > special about 95% of the AS packages. The reason to use AS is to have > someone standing behind you when you run across an issue.
Red Hat is trying to push people into using Advanced Server regardless of whether they need the features this product provides. Recently Red Hat have announced they will provide errata maintenance for 12 months from the release date for Red Hat Linux. This requires administrators to upgrade servers far more often than in the past, just to be running a supported version. Many software vendors and hardware companies who provide management agents for their servers will also not be supporting anything other than Advanced Server, simply because they do not want to keep certifying their product after every new release of Red Hat Linux. They prefer the longer release cycle of Advanced Server and will require their customers to be running Advanced Server if they want to receive support. Red Hat seems to be positioning Red Hat Linux (8.x) to be their bleeding edge release, which to some extent will be a test bed for features later integrated into Advanced Server. Some people just want a slow moving stable release with a longer release cycle. This is preferable for machines running services such as DNS or DHCP that do not require all the extra functionality offered in newer Red Hat releases and do not require the high end features available in Advanced Server. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
