RHEL [was Email Anti-virus / spam Relay]

[Lan Barnes]

For the individual who wants to experiment with RHEL (or who is
interested in its reputed stability), there is White Box Linux, a clone
stripped of all RHEL proprietary logos etc. I believe there are other
OSS clones of RHEL as well.

However, Jamie is dead on in my experience on why it's easier to
introduce RHEL formally into a shop. PHBs and IT pros alike are willing
to pay (RHEL is dirt cheap by license standards they're used to) to get
that warm feeling that having a support company gives them.

Don't despise it, this is a Good Thing. It bridges the gap between OSS
and the traditional commercial shops.

On Mon, Feb 06, 2006 at 10:46:10AM -0800, Jamie Starkel - Defenseweb Technologies wrote:
> You get support with RH Enterprise. We're a Windows shop, and there's
> not much Linux experience here. The support may come in handy if we hit
> any major snags.
> 
> Jamie Starkel
> Systems Administrator
> DefenseWeb Technologies
> jamie.starkel at defenseweb.com
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: kplug-list-bounces at kernel-panic.org
> [mailto:kplug-list-bounces at kernel-panic.org] On Behalf Of Brian Butler
> Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 10:48 AM
> To: 'Main Discussion List for KPLUG'
> Subject: RE: Email Anti-virus / spam Relay
> 
> Why use RH Enterprise, why not FC4?
> 

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