[clue-tech] WS upgrades

[Collins Richey]

On 11/18/05, David L. Anselmi <anselmi at anselmi.us> wrote:
> Collins Richey wrote:

> > Yeah, but most companies of more than a few employees line up to pay
> > the big bucks to get proprietary Linux and apps, so go figure. Tis
> > better to pay through the nose for service contracts for that one time
> > in 20 years where you might actually need service from the vendor. So
> > thinketh the CIOs and bean counters and lawyers anyway.
>
> It's a shame.  I'm usually tempted to answer "I need help with RHEL..."
> with "didn't you pay Red Hat to answer that?"  Maybe I'm missing the
> point.  But imagine how quick your bug would get fixed if you called up
> the developer and said "I'll pay you a year of RH support to fix this
> bug for me".  Well, ok, I don't know what RH costs...
>

You're preaching to the choir. If you want a delayed answer, call Red
Hat. All too frequently, the Red Hat answer to problems is WONTFIX. If
you want a quick answer, ask the question on a Linux forum or list.
Said developer would be fabulously wealthy after only a few bugs. RH
costs a bundle.

> [0] I have the highest respect for the Debian security team.  But they
> (mostly) only make security fixes for stable and I don't use that.  Not
> to denigrate stable or anyone using it, just wishing for a better world.
>

>From everything I've seen thus far, Ubuntu will most likely be that
better world. Solid Debian base, but daring to be more modern and more
accessible.

--
Collins Richey
      Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code ... If you write
      the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not
      smart enough to debug it.
             -Brian Kernighan
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