Which distro for the enterprise now?

On Feb 4, 2004, at 9:02 AM, Derek Neighbors wrote:

> To be clear I am not saying the RHEL product is bad. Therefore, I
> don't
> see the need for someone else to repackage it. I think the binding of
> support to the license is less than desirable.

You seem to be missing the point that the mere fact that others have
the *ability* to repackage RHEL means that the binding of support to
the license is very weak, simple branding as opposed to lock-in.
>
> For example this is why UserLinux is starting. They basically want to
> have a more updated version of Debian (but will put all their stuff
> back
> into Debian) and not have licensing issue.

I think what UserLinux is trying to do is very similar to what Red Hat
already does. They are trying to establish a brand with 'authorized
service.' In the case of UserLinux the service is provided by
independent contractors but they are still authorized by the UserLinux
distributor and use their brand. In short, it's simply a franchise
version of the Red Hat model. Bruce Parens said as much on /..