Did he touch a nerve?

Posted Aug 4, 2009 5:23 UTC (Tue) by felixfix (subscriber, #242)
In reply to: CentOS turbulence and enterprise Linux tradeoffs by jordanb
Parent article: CentOS turbulence and enterprise Linux tradeoffs

Such a rabid response over perfectly natural commentary! Did you wake up on the wrong side of the bed or what?

I can't remember ANY response as off base as yours. Shilling is a bizarre complaint in the first place, to consistently mistype "RHEL" doesn't help your cause, and then to just ramble on without saying anything.

You need some coffee or time off or *something*.

Did he touch a nerve?

Posted Aug 4, 2009 18:05 UTC (Tue) by ncm (guest, #165) [Link]

It needed to be said, but it could have been said much more gently, to better effect.

My employer uses CentOS, too, for precisely the same reasons. Companies like Oracle for which no equivalent to CentOS exist, or can, have been obliged to offer low-cost licenses to third-party developers for similar reasons. Red Hat has no need for this because CentOS provides that service.

Security Fix Delays

Posted Aug 5, 2009 3:45 UTC (Wed) by ncm (guest, #165) [Link]

I should note, further, that in my employer's typical use of CentOS, delays in delivery of security updates rarely affect them. That is the nature of third-party development: it just has to work well enough to compile against. It doesn't have to be fast or secure, or to run on modern hardware. The only iron law is that it needs to be link-compatible with the (mutual) customers' RHEL installations.