On Thu, 2008-06-05 at 08:48 -0700, Ray Van Dolson wrote: > 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. you expect people to use OSS and be treated like crap? being treated like crap is the competitor's job. > > 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. and you're not going to find too many people in business that want to ask a question and are blatently put off. > > Ray > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080605/388dcbd8/attachment-0005.html>