[NTLUG:Discuss] Red Hat 9.0 End of Life 04/30/2004

[Matt]

Cameron, Thomas said:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Rick Matthews [mailto:k5wls at verizon.net]
>> Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 11:30 AM
>> To: NTLug Discuss
>> Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] Red Hat 9.0 End of Life 04/30/2004
>>
>>
>> If this has been discussed here previously, I apologize for missing
>> it.
>>
>> Now that "Red Hat Linux" is going away, I was wondering what other
>> personal users of Red Hat were planning as a <free> migration path.
>> Will it be the "Fedora Project"? Or something else?
>>
>> TIA,
>> Rick
>>
>>
>> References:
>> Red Hat Linux Migration Resource Center
>> http://www.redhat.com/solutions/migration/rhl/rhn/
>>
>> FAQs for Red Hat Linux Migration
>> https://rhn.redhat.com/help/rhlmigrationfaq/
>>
>> The Fedora Project
>> http://fedora.redhat.com/
>
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>
> I will be using Fedora for my personal boxes.  Remember, Red Hat will be
> providing *significant* assistance to the Fedora project.  The
> perception that RH is bailing on hobbyists and small business users is
> just not true from what I have read.  It's just that they are focusing
> on commercial users.
>
> I for one believe that the F/OSS community will benefit from the move to
> a community-supported distro based on RHL.  New software and new
> versions of existing software will be available sooner, and security
> updates will still be available quickly.
>
> I am seriously bummed about all the flak RH is taking.  The loudest
> gripes I hear are pretty much false if you actually read the info at the
> Fedora home page and the excellent article by Joe Barr at
> http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/10/01/1417208&mode=thread&tid=51.
>
> Me personally, I think this is a good move.
>
> --
> Thomas Cameron, RHCE, CNE, MCSE, MCT
> Assistant Vice President
> Linux Design and Engineering
> Bank of America
> (972) 997-9641
>
> The opinions expressed in this message are mine alone and do not
> necessarily reflect the opinions of my employer, Bank of America.
>
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If Warren and crew are staying on, it will be a good thing.  Warren is on
the ball and knows what he is doing.  He actually helped start a big
movement to linux labs for schools in Hawaii.  He also kept the Hawaii LUG
going for a while and may still ( left HI 2 years ago).  Personally I will
happily use Fedora at home.

-- 
Matt