[CentOS] link to "commercial support" page isn't really helpful

Mon Jun 22 16:20:29 UTC 2009
Robert <kerplop at sbcglobal.net>


Bent Terp wrote:
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> From my personal experience, we've received better support from CentOS 
> than from RedHat!
> What you don't get is a phone-droid that's being paid minimum wages to 
> listen to phone abuse.....
I'm with you on that one.  My first stab at Linux was in '99 when I 
bought an official boxed set of RH6.0, which was supposed to include 
"installation support".  Stuff wasn't nearly as automatic then as it is 
now. (Pre-CUPS) printing was a pain, network was a pain, dial-up was 
worrisome and even X-Window was iffy.  I called, your phone-droid 
answered and I soon decided that if RH6.0 was gonna be a reality, I 
would be doing it myself.

Since CentOS, this mailing list has been amazingly helpful, often 
astonishingly quick with a right-on answer.

And, to RedHat's credit, simple networks now "just happen", printing is 
a breeze and I'm even tempted to allow this thing to boot directly into 
run level 5.