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