[PLUG] dumping unix for linux

[Carlos Konstanski]

When you logically AND the linux distro support choice lists for all
your corporate products, you'll find that it's down to redhat or suse.
Oracle may support redhat, suse and asianux, while vmware supports all
these plus a few more, but IBM and Dell only support redhat and suse,
period.  The support number you're most likley to call is the one for
your hardware vendor.

Carlos Konstanski

On Mon, 16 Oct 2006, alan wrote:

> Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 16:00:20 -0700 (PDT)
> From: alan <alan at clueserver.org>
> Reply-To: "General Linux/UNIX discussion and help;	civil and on-topic"
>     <plug at lists.pdxlinux.org>
> To: slinkywizard at integraonline.com,
>     "General Linux/UNIX discussion and help;	civil and on-topic"
>     <plug at lists.pdxlinux.org>
> Subject: Re: [PLUG] dumping unix for linux
> 
> On Mon, 16 Oct 2006, slinkymax0r wrote:
>
>> 
>> 
>> > >  The biggest difference I see with OSS is that you are free from
>> > >  vendor lock-in.
>>
>>  In theory yes, in practice the results are a bit more murky, at least in
>>  present circumstances.  RedHat support isn't cheap, and the lock-in isn't
>>  any less substantial in most cases.
>>
>>  It works like this:
>>
>>  An ERP app requires Oracle to run.
>>
>>  Oracle is supported on X,Y,Z (commerical, pay for support) linux distros,
>>  Solaris and Windows.
>>
>>  No one in their right mind runs Oracle on Windows.
>>
>>  Since the stacks are vertically integrated, it's basically a toss up
>>  between Solaris and Redhat and/or SuSE if you want support from both
>>  Oracle and the ERP vendor.  Regardless of the kool-aid you end up
>>  drinking, you're probably going to end up spending roughly the same
>>  amount;  uptime, stability and CYA still costs $.
>
> But there are free versions that give you exactly the same thing as the 
> supported version without the support. (i.e. Centos.)
>
> It may cost you time and work, but the GPL does keep you from getting locked 
> in to a specific vendor.
>
> You did remember to save all those Source RPMS?
>
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