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On Thu, 2008-06-05 at 08:48 -0700, Ray Van Dolson wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">On Thu, Jun 05, 2008 at 09:45:36AM -0600, James Bunnell wrote:</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">> On Thu, 2008-06-05 at 11:35 -0400, Ross S. W. Walker wrote:</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">> James Bunnell wrote:</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > i do pay for rhel. i made the mistake of converting to</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > centos. damage is done. on the next major upgrade, i will</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > return to rhel and will not professionally recommend centos</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > either privately,personally, or in the realm of a business.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > thanks for seeing my side of the issue and not jumping on the</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> > elite bandwagon. i am done.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Community base OSS solutions are not for everyone. Only the</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> end-user can decide if it works for them or not. I hope you will</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> see that once the anger subsides.</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">> -Ross</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">> community based OSS also require a level of professionalism and support. if</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> simple questions like asking for an update to the progress of a project or</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> stating someone may be in error upsets one of the members of that project,</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> maybe that person should not be involved.</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">No, it doesn't require *anything*. That said, CentOS does provide</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">professionalism and support, but by no means is it a requirement.</FONT>
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you expect people to use OSS and be treated like crap? being treated like crap is the competitor's job.
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">I would agree though, it sounds like RH is a better choice for your</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">needs, and more specifically, a better fit for your method of</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">interaction.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">You're not going to find many volunteers who react well to being cursed</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">at or otherwise abused verbally.</FONT>
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and you're not going to find too many people in business that want to ask a question and are blatently put off.
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">Ray</FONT>
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