plug RedHat 5.1

[Gary Allpike]

On Thu, 11 Jun 1998 12:02:13 +0800 (WST), you wrote:

>On Thu, 11 Jun 1998, Matt Kemner wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 11 Jun 1998, John Summerfield wrote:
>> 
>> > nonetheless (at least some of) the pros use RedHat. iiNet is one example
>> > I'm certain of.
>> 
>> Yes, iiNet use RedHat, and a large number of "pros" use RedHat, but a
>> large number of "pros" use Debian too, so that's not a valid argument.
>
>My argument that RH is industrial strength is invalid?
>
>My point is NOT that RH is better than Debian (I haven't used Debian so
>can't compare) but that one might have confidence that RH is a suitable
>choice, whether for beginners (a point made by others) or for commercial
>use as evidenced by iiNet and others who entrust their business to it. 
>
>I cannot make any equivalent statements of Debian simply because I've not
>tried one of their distributions and don't have first-hand knowledge of
>anyone using it commercially.
>
>I responded because I interpreted something someone said as implying that
>RH is in some sense not entirely suitable for business use and I wished to
>refute that implication.
>
>Cheers
>John Summerfield
>http://os2.ami.com.au/os2/ for OS/2 support.
>Configuration, networking, combined IBM ftpsites index.

I very much doubt that ANY ISP trusts their business to ANY standard
linux distribution.

:)

regards


Gary


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