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

[Chris Cox]

Lance Simmons wrote:
> * Chris Cox <cjcox at acm.org> [031104 09:52]:
> 
>>For some strange an unknown reason, RH I guess never shipped a kernel
>>with  64G support... at least not with RHAS 2.1.
> 
> 
> Why the emphasis on "shipping a kernel"?  Most distributions "ship" a
> default kernel, but the source is easy enough to obtain, and patch if
> need be, so what does it matter wheather RH or whoever never "shipped" a
> kernel that supported one thing or another?  Are there corporate
> customers who (1) have the kind of expensive hardware we're talking
> about, and (2) never compile their own kernels?

1. Yes

2. Yes (the majority case.. for decreased TCO)

> 
> It's probably pretty clear I've never used software in a corporate
> setting.
>