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Title: Has Redhat gone over to the dark side?
Post by: Kevin Tollison on November 04, 2003, 07:46:04 PM

This thread just started on my local Linux users group mailing list.

What are your thoughts on this?

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39117575,00.htm

One person pointed out that RH 7.3 and 8.0 are EOL (end of life) on 12/31/2003, and RH 9.0 is EOL at the end of April 2004.  

Could this have an effect on SME? Will it migrate to the Fedora project?

Title: Re: Has Redhat gone over to the dark side?
Post by: Kevin Tollison on November 04, 2003, 07:50:34 PM

Looks like I was beat to the punch. Please reply on this thread.

http://www.e-smith.org/bboard//read.php?f=3&i=38612&t=38612

Title: Re: Has Redhat gone over to the dark side?
Post by: Thomas Haslett on November 07, 2003, 07:24:24 PM

Hi,

The RedHat Kernal will continue to be developed because it is open source, RedHat will not provide support but secondary companies like SME will be able to provide support for their applications that they have in the GUI and others. Because SME uses a RedHat Kernal but uses its own software to power it.

Hope this helps.

Tom

Title: Re: Has Redhat gone over to the dark side?
Post by: Guck Puppy on November 07, 2003, 10:07:42 PM

Interesting analysis from The Register :
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/33823.html