Paul Gear wrote: > 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 Maybe your ideal life time is toooo much for Red Hat guys. I like the mdk way, they have 1 year of lifetime + 6 months _only_ for 'base' components: http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/productlifetime.php SuSE on the other side: "_At the moment_ we are maintaining SuSE Linux for 2 years - that means Bug fixes and Security fixes will be released for two years for each SuSE Linux version. Contrary to our business products with maintenance this is _not_ guaranteed." -- Que trabajen los romanos, que tienen el pecho de lata.