[CentOS] what people really mean when they say they're running "5.3"?

[John R Pierce]

  On 08/08/10 1:12 PM, James Hogarth wrote:
>
> I do find this behaviour very odd... if you are not intending to get 
> support from redhat why not just install CentOS in the beginning so 
> you can still get updates? Ah well...
>
>

fairly often, its due to some perceived vendor requirements on the part 
of operations people.  Or, the server was purchased with a RHEL license, 
but it wasn't renewed.   I have to work with operations people in 
overseas manufacturing plants, who are _extremely_ conservative about 
applying updates.     if its not broken, they won't fix it.   as most of 
these systems are single function (run a java based application suite 
used for factory floor message routing, or run an 
oracle/postgres/whatever database along with some java stuff that front 
ends for the database), most updates have nothing to do with the mission.