On Fri, 3 Oct 2003, Aaron Konstam wrote: > > -- > I think the analysis if Martin's above succinctly gets to the core of > the real problem. We at Trinity run 100 or so machines for student and > faculty use and the Fedora Core just won't do it for us. We have not > the staff for the fast turn around nor the money to purchase that many > RHEL copies. (I am not sure but I am assuming your would need a I'm sorry, but you're being slightly pig-headed here. Its just a process of what IT managers have been doing for decades. You choices are (and there may be more!): A) make a case to management, and the user community ie. those staff who are telling you that they need Redhat (read Fedora) and won't use anything else. A case for more support staff and time to support Fedora. B) go with RHEL, but again you need to make a case to the management for a budget. C) go with another distro that suits your needs/pocketbook Sorry if I'm sounding strident - I don't mean to. As my grandmother used to say "A champagne thirst with a lemonade purse"