On Wed, 2006-09-13 at 17:03 -0400, William Hooper wrote: > taharka wrote: > > On Wed, 2006-09-13 at 15:07 -0400, William Hooper wrote: > > > >> taharka wrote: > >>> How do, > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On Wed, 2006-09-13 at 11:43 -0400, William Hooper wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>> taharka wrote: > >>>>> Red Hat users invited to test RHEL 5 > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> This has what to do with Fedora? > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> Plenty, Red Hat has to do with Fedora same as Novell has to do with > >>> SUSE ;-) > >>> > >> > >> Not really. RHEL is a completely different distribution with > >> completely different goals than Fedora. RHEL discussions have very > >> little to do with Fedora. > >> > > > > RHEL ain't that much different, being that new features/technology > > introduced come from none other than Fedora. > > I never said they didn't. But once it becomes RHEL, very few new > features/technologies will introduced into that codebase. No doubt, and your point being? > > So, tell me, why is it, when > > some one on this list, mentions using Fedora on a server for mission > > critical stuff, the immediate response is always, it shouldn't be used & > > RHEL/CentOS is recommended? > > For most "Mission Critical" servers, reinstalling ~1 a year is not desired. Once again, no kidding. Still doesn't answer the question, (to be more precise), why does the RHEL name even come up if there isn't a direct relationship between Red Hat & Fedora? > >> Novell is a company that produces the SUSE distribution. > >> > > > > No kidding, that was merely an example to show the relationship between > > Red Hat/Fedora & that same relationship between Novell/SUSE. > > The post wasn't about "Red Hat" the company, it was about RHEL, the > distribution. Yes, and perhaps you can explain what the "RH" in RHEL stands for? Could it be for the same company that produces RHEL & Fedora? > >>> Perhaps some Fedora users are interested in Red Hat's enterprise > >>> offerings for stability & support? > >> > >> Then they should be subscribed to the RHEL lists. Should everyone > >> start posting SUSE, Ubuntu, and Gentoo news here because "some Fedora > >> users are interested in..."? > > > > And, just who are you to be determining who should be subscribed to what > > lists? > > Different lists are created so that the people interested in a particular > topic can have a list to discuss it. Over generalizing the list (you > know, like posting stuff about a completely different distribution) will > just lead to this list becoming a bigger mess than it is already. What do you mean completely different distribution? I use some RHEL rpms on Fedora, so they ain't completely different. > > It ain't my call to say what's posted to this list. > > It is when you're hitting the send button. Correct, and also note the post is sent to fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxxx > -- > William Hooper taharka Lexington, Kentucky U.S.A.
