On 05/10/2013 04:16 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 2:30 PM, Digimer <lists at 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. -- Digimer Papers and Projects: https://alteeve.ca/w/ What if the cure for cancer is trapped in the mind of a person without access to education?