Gilboa Davara wrote: > On Tue, 2008-12-16 at 08:32 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > >> Gilboa Davara wrote: >> >> Sorry to snip so much....but one thing struck me.... >> >> You said: >> >> >>> Last and not least, the OP (at least the message I saw) was talking >>> about VMWare Server 2.x which had a known issue with PAM [1] and >>> SELinux (...) that didn't really seem to get VMWare's attention. >>> When I tried getting support (mind you, at the time we were thinking >>> about spending a lot of money on ESX - for me the VMWare Server 2.x >>> deployment was just testing purpose) - I got the ever-annoying-company >>> line - we only support RHEL and SLES.... >>> >>> >> I wonder how you could find their response annoying.. >> >> They state very clearly in their documentation what 32-bit and 64-bit >> host Linux OS they support. They also state very clearly what 32-bit >> and 64-bit host Windows OS they support. They also state the >> requirements for guest OS as well as what levels of the various browsers >> are supported. >> >> So I don't understand. Are you saying that VMware has no right to >> impose some boundaries on what they will and will not support? Are >> they bound by some contract to provide answers/solutions to a free >> product for every flavor of Linux used as host OS? Or, are you saying >> that their only obligation is to support every version of Fedora for >> free? And if so, what make Fedora so special to get support? >> > > Right? They have a right to do what-ever they want. I never argued > otherwise. > Then you should not be getting "annoyed". Maybe disappointed...but certainly not annoyed. > Question is - should Fedora go along with their decision, and support > their semi-broken RPMs, half-working SELinux support, missing upstream > kernel support and their decision to keep certain features Windows-only. > FWIW my vote is a (big) no - Fedora's resources will be better spent on > qemu-kvm and virt-*. > > What do you mean "should Fedora go along with their decision"? Fedora isn't supporting anything with regards to VMware and VMware isn't giving any consideration to Fedora. I think you have created a relationship where none exists. -- Wernher von Braun settled for a V-2 when he coulda had a V-8. Mei-Mei.Greshko@xxxxxxxxxxx
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