On 05/10/2013 04:16 PM, Les Mikesell wrote:
On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 2:30 PM, Digimer lists@alteeve.ca wrote:
I know that it's binary compatible and that the software that works for RHEL will work for CentOS. What I mean by "supported" is a company who will see the host OS is CentOS and not throw up their hands and say "sorry, not supported!".
My fear is that, a year from now, something will go wrong and the company we choose won't help us. We're not a backup company and we have no interest in becoming one, either. So we want to find a company to partner with who will see "CentOS" and still help us. So in short, this is a political, not technical question.
If it is somebody else's money, and that somebody else wants support, why aren't you pointing them to RHEL in the first place?
Because CentOS works just fine for them. They've used it going back to CentOS 4 days without issue. Suggesting they rebuild long-in-production servers for the sake of a backup company is not going to fly.
That it is someone else's money doesn't change my responsibility to deliver the best bang for the buck.