On Wednesday 08 December 2004 17:51, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> How close are cAos/CentOS to what we should expect at customers
> who run "real" RHEL? From reading the item at Linmagazine (thanks for
> the poiner!)
1. AFAIK RedHat uses only free software in all its distros (including
the enterprise edition). The updates to the software also contains
free software and AFAIR are available from their FTP site.
2. They force you to pay for two things they own:
- The automatic updates via RHN.
- The "brand name" -- The name RedHat, the "shadow-man" figure etc.
3. CentOS, WhiteBox linux (and a third distro I forgot) all use the
same basic idea which is documented in the RedHat official FAQ's:
- Download the free software comprising RHEL (including updates).
- Replace the tradmarks as required by RedHat.
- Rebuild and distribute.
4. Good (IMO) options you have are:
- Test with the newset FC to get early warning about
expected technology changes in RH (e.g: SELinux).
- Release-testing with CentOS or Whitebox to be within
budget and as close to target as you can.
- If you want your testing to be against a "certified" RH
than please pay RedHat their dues -- What they are selling
(apart from RHN) is their *brand name* -- you cannot rob
them of this.
5. Last but not least -- please send your company to a good
lawyer. I hope they can afford at least this (or are we
expected to start a collection :-)
Bye,
--
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