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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=197582816-14122010><FONT
size=4> >> </FONT></SPAN>Timo,<BR><FONT
size=4>>> </FONT>Its interesting, I am presently attending a
conference in NYC and in one of the tables I saw the redhat vendor. <SPAN
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=197582816-14122010><FONT
size=4>>> </FONT> </SPAN>My first question to them was " What do
you think about centos", they reply "You are using a distribution <SPAN
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=197582816-14122010><FONT
size=4>>> </FONT> </SPAN>without support and that is prompt to
failure..." I don't think this is an accurate statement is it? Anyway
to <SPAN class=197582816-14122010><FONT size=4> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=197582816-14122010><FONT
size=4>>> </FONT> </SPAN>make the story short, they keep telling
how bad centos is for our datacenter and that I should consider <SPAN
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=197582816-14122010><FONT
size=4>>> </FONT> </SPAN>adopting redhat which is more "robust",
offers "virtualization" and nearly real-time support for its
customers. <SPAN class=197582816-14122010><FONT
size=4> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=197582816-14122010><FONT
size=4>>> </FONT> </SPAN>I didn't go the extra mile to ask for
pricing but would appreciate your input about what they said about
centos. <SPAN class=197582816-14122010><FONT
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=197582816-14122010><FONT
size=4>>> </FONT> </SPAN>Lisandro<BR><SPAN
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=197582816-14122010><FONT size=4>CentOS ==
RedHat.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=197582816-14122010><FONT size=4>CentOS has
every bug that RedHat has.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=197582816-14122010><FONT size=4>CentOS has
every bug fix that RedHat has.</FONT> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=197582816-14122010><FONT size=4>When RedHat
rolls out a new version (e.g. RHEL6.0) there is a lag of a few months rolling
out the CentOS release of the same version; for bug fixes the lag is a few
days.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=4></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=197582816-14122010><FONT size=4>So, the
price of RedHat is money, the price for CentOS is patience.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=197582816-14122010><FONT size=4>The
product sold by RedHat is support, the product 'sold
by' CentOS is self-support.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=197582816-14122010><FONT size=4>The relative
value of the two arises from your ability to support your
systems.</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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