[CentOS] Do we have any Zimbra users on the list?

Thu Jan 10 18:21:33 UTC 2008
Centos <centos at bartbaars.nl>

Craig White wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-01-09 at 11:14 -0600, Johnny Hughes wrote:
>   
>> All,
>>
>> Here is a request for Zimbra to provide official CentOS support:
>> http://bugzilla.zimbra.com/show_bug.cgi?id=23487
>>
>> Here is a poll that might help them see how many CentOS Customers they
>> REALLY have:
>> http://www.zimbra.com/forums/users/14136-foss-edition-most-popular-linux-distro.html
>>
>> I am not asking for anyone to do anything mean, or to say anything
>> untrue, in fact, please don't.
>>
>> I am asking that if you use Zimbra on CentOS (either the Free Version or
>> the Network Version) that you let them know that you are.  If you would
>> pay for Official support, let them know that too.
>>     
> ----
> it wouldn't seem that Zimbra's position (they don't support CentOS) is
> any different than a lot of other software out there.
>
> I can see the reason that you would take it personally but they don't
> mean it personally, it's just typical of another proprietary software
> company shirking responsibility...no more, no less.
>
> They surely could support CentOS and it's obvious after a bit of
> inspection that the problem that they are experiencing is not just
> CentOS but also RHEL. I think what this really says is that CentOS is
> really popular and the issues were more obvious on CentOS because of the
> number of people using Zimbra with CentOS. I think you may see an
> alarming trend to this...where companies are seeing more problems with
> CentOS than RHEL simply because there are more people using CentOS...I
> wonder.
>
> Craig
>   
Or more people are choosing for CentOS instead of RHEL..

No offence, but in my opinion, RHEL really does not add enough value for 
the money they are asking.

To get back on topic; I am using Zimbra on C5.1.. Or at least, I want 
to, but I experience some critical bugs (not CentOS specific).

Cheers,

Bart
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