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Enterprise distributions and free softwareEnterprise distributions and free softwarePosted Mar 8, 2011 19:42 UTC (Tue) by ThinkRob (subscriber, #64513)In reply to: Enterprise distributions and free software by SEJeff Parent article: Enterprise distributions and free software
In all fairness, RHEL installs can definitely "out-ancient" Debian installs: RHEL is supported for so bloody long that the versions of software that a release ships with will indeed be quite old (even compared to Debian stable) towards the end of the release's supported life.
It's not uncommon to see a production Debian machine with versions of software that are a couple years old. It's also not uncommon to see a production RHEL install with software versions from the better part of a decade ago. RHEL wins. :D
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Enterprise distributions and free software Posted Mar 8, 2011 19:49 UTC (Tue) by skvidal (subscriber, #3094) [Link]
You realize that this is true b/c someone is paying for it, right?
No one does that kind of maintenance for fun.
Enterprise distributions and free software Posted Mar 9, 2011 0:45 UTC (Wed) by jengelh (subscriber, #33263) [Link]
The maintenance explodes when the customer wants a feature in a package that the regular enterprise distro treadmill does not cover in its updates...
Enterprise distributions and free software Posted Mar 9, 2011 4:31 UTC (Wed) by rahulsundaram (subscriber, #21946) [Link]
It isn't all or nothing. Customers can and do build custom applications or updates. Depending on the problem you want to solve, third party repos are often helpful. EPEL and IUS community project for instance.
Enterprise distributions and free software Posted Mar 9, 2011 2:14 UTC (Wed) by ThinkRob (subscriber, #64513) [Link]
> You realize that this is true b/c someone is paying for it, right?
Oh, absolutely. I was merely pointing out that a RHEL release can and often does have a much longer shelf life than a Debian release.
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