On 12/08/2010 10:47 AM, Loïc de la Goutte wrote: > Hi Everybody, > > > > My company provides a Virtual Appliance based on Ubuntu JeOS. > > > > 1. Unfortunately, I am challenged by one of our customers who asks > : “Why did you build your appliance on Ubuntu, as my vision is that > Ubuntu is considered on the market place more as a student/homePC OS > than an enterprise-OS as RedHat ?”. > > > > I want to convince him that we have objectively done the good choice. > > So, do you have such a white paper, that could lists : > > - Key differentiators of Ubuntu JeOS ? > > - VMware recommendation ? > > - List of Enterprise-grade appliances built over Ubunto JeOS ?
Ubuntu IS a enterprise OS. The support SLA is better than RH and less expensive. There are no licensing costs (Redhat & SUSE do force a license fee). LTS releases are fully maintained for 5 years, interim releases are supported for 18 months (all releases are supported and maintained). Definitive release cycle (time-based). A very large percentage of servers running on Rackspace and Amazon EC2 are based on Ubuntu. Many very large enterprises run Ubuntu (many that you interact with on a daily basis). Many appliances run Ubuntu as the server OS of choice as it is easier to setup, easier to maintain, and better supportive of newer technology. Shall I go on? -- ubuntu-server mailing list ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam
