On Mon, 2003-11-03 at 11:50,
alandd@consultpros.com wrote:
> > I'm curious to know what you fellow RedHat users are planning to do when
> > RedHat Linux gets End-of-life'd?
> >
> > Will you be sticking with your existing RedHat distro?
> > Will you be switching distros? To what?
> >
> > Does anyone know if RedHat Enterprise Linux going to be available free
> > of charge?
> >
> >
> > I'm most definitely not trying to invite a distro war. I'm trying to get
> > input to help me with my decision on what to do.
> >
> > Thx,
> > Bart
>
> I will try Fedora first (http://fedora.org). It is the "replacement" for
> Red Hat Linux. We will see how that goes and then I'll make further
> choices.
>
> I am sad to see the "consumer" Red Hat go away. I also worry if this will
> hurt them in the long run. Familiarity breeds sales, I think. If we home
> users can't get "real" Red Hat inexpensively, will we want to use it on
> the job? I hope it works for them.
----
fedora is for all purposes - the replacement for RHL and the biggest
difference will be the lack of an RHL on the shelves at Fry's, CompUSA,
etc. This won't stop someone from packaging it themselves and selling it
and it may be a good business opportunity.
Whether Red Hat is affected by the lack of a retail presence for their
home product - only time will tell.
Craig
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