On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 12:53 AM, unsolicited <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:unsolicited@swiz.ca">unsolicited@swiz.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
As in, the buntu equivalent to Red Hat for RHEL?<br>
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Anyone have any sense as to how successful or pervasive they've been?<br>
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i.e. Over time, will Ubuntu Server overtake RHEL?<br></blockquote><div><br>Over a long time, perhaps. Over the short term? No, I don't see it. <br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Or, rather, will new server implementations be less CentOS/RHEL than currently, tilting towards Ubuntu Server?<br></blockquote><div><br>The reasons are: hardware support and proprietary application support.<br>
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RHEL and SuSE still have the edge where proprietary hardware is
certified more (e.g. IBM, HP, Dell, ...), and support proprietary
applications (e.g. Oracle, Informix, DB2).<br>
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For those who use only free server based applications (e.g. LAMP),
Ubuntu Server is very compelling. I am one of the converts. <br>
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For others who rely on proprietary stuff, there is still ground to be
covered by Ubuntu.<br>
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- thinking back to John's comments (paraphrasing / taking snippets out of context / etc., etc.) ... CentOS (& equivalents) are out there, people are used to and comfortable with it. ... but, IIRC, he notes some advantages to the Debian / Buntu 'style' repositories / maintenance processes.<br>
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- ultimately, eventually, kubuntu takes over the world?</blockquote><div> </div></div>Again, maybe a bit down the road.<br><br>Not in the near future ...<br>-- <br>Khalid M. Baheyeldin<br><a href="http://2bits.com">2bits.com</a>, Inc.<br>
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