-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Greg Folkert wrote: > On Wed, 2007-04-11 at 18:54 -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: >> On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 12:32:45AM +0200, Peter Teunissen wrote: >>> I've got a great opportunity to promote opensource at my job by >>> working on a BI project for Oxfam. But, I'm forced to use Redhat EL4 >>> and need to get up and running in a short time. I've been looking for >>> a Debian user's introduction to Redhat EL4, but only found intro's in >>> the other direction :-) >>> >>> I'm sure others on this list have had the same challenge >> But this is debian. Why not ask RH for a transistion guide? One >> doesn't ask Microsoft for help transitioning to Debian. >> >> Isn't RHEL a commercial product? Surely such a transition document >> would come under "you get what you pay for...". > > I am sure that he really meant the other way, "a RHEL User's > introduction to Debian (and its far superior tools and ways)" > > I hope. I really hope. But since he is is using RH, I am afraid not. > > In any case, RPM dependency hell, rings a big bell to me. YUM and > up2date are know to have significant deficiencies. > > I've seen and do have some experience with RHEL and its wonderful > rolling ABI and API problems, unlike Debian "Stable".
I wonder if it might not be designed this way on purpose. I mean how better to sell support contracts when the product needs support because the admins run into trouble? Kind of like the conspiracy theory that says that a lot of the viruses come from the same people who make the anti-virus programs, thus creating a business for themselves. Now of course this can't really be true, but one does have to wonder. Joe - -- Registerd Linux user #443289 at http://counter.li.org/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGHdxriXBCVWpc5J4RAhisAKDAynRlisbrFalkxOArmDpBni/WOACghsCH uJ45JfBMK7AzkT+nU7gYeRA= =bkk0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
