On Mon, 2003-12-01 at 22:36, Alexander Kitzberger wrote: > we and a couple of other linux companies are also thinking this way, > and we would like also to support a enterprise debian.
Great stuff ... we are forming it now. As you probably well know by now, there's a web page started at: http://debian-enterprise.org/ > We have the problem that debian has to compete to suse and red hat > enperprise servers which are certified for oracle, etc. Yes, raising our profile as an Enterprise Operating System I think is going to be very useful and productive medium to long term (takes a while to actually do). And so we are starting. > We like the idea in having also a enterprise debian to have a > alternative, because we like using debian more that other distributions. :) So do many of us. > Please inform me if you have any other new regarding this project. Keep an eye on this list - debian-devel, as a dedicated mailing list is on its way (hopefully soon). I also subscribe to debian-devel-announce, which might be useful. > I talked to joey a few weeks ago about an ideas that goes into the same > direction: > > This is a extract of my conversation with joey: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Hello Joey, > > we and some other linux companies are thinking about some > > things for a while. And now the aquisition of suse make this more actual. > > > > We and the other companies would like to start a new sub-project > > under the debian project that may be called "business debian" > > or "enterprise debian" > > > > The aim of this project is to make a homepage (subdomain or subsection > > od the debian homepage) to present case studies and reference projects > > that service companies like us realized. > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Bruce Perens is raising funds for a project that will hopefully directly relate to debian-enterprise. Great to have you on board, Zenaan -- Debian Enterprise: A Custom Debian Distribution: http://debian-enterprise.org/ * Homepage: http://soulsound.net/ * PGP Key: http://soulsound.net/zen.asc * Please respect the confidentiality of this email as sensibly warranted.
