If you find what you are looking for, let me know. I am most interested. Buck -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Paul Gear Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 4:46 PM To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Fedora Project: Announcing New Direction Mark Mielke wrote: > ... > I don't buy into this 'companies must give out everything for free, > and if we need support, we'll pay for it'. Organizations given this > option, more often than not, choose not to take the support option for > *some* invented excuse, which usually includes 'well I can't afford > the minimum support package that you offer, but I do wish I had > support', or in your case, 'well I can't afford the minimum support > package that you offer, but I do wish I had the binaries'... I'm afraid that's just a fact of life in the .edu community. As i said, the school i volunteer for can't even afford the RHL basic subscription. > I think it is perfectly reasonable for the open source community to > work on something like Fedora, get Fedora for free (not for free, when > you look at it this way), and leave RHEL for the user base that > requires support and a longer release cycle. My point was that some people need a longer release cycle without support. Here's my explanation of what i'm looking for: http://paulgear.webhop.net/the_page_formerly_known_as_rhel.html Paul