[Gllug] Linux support options

[Karanbir Singh]

Richard wrote:
> Karanbir Singh wrote:
> 
>> <snip>
>> would you care to explain what you mean by running 'Redhat - to 
>> satisfy a vendor requirement' without paying Redhat for anything ?
> 
> 
> Redhat software is free, but support is very dear indeed - so RH can be 
> used (I believe) without having to pay Redhat a penny, provided you 
> don't want support/patches/etc. Other vendors (BEA, Oracle, etc.) will 
> only support their own software in certain circumstances, which 
> typically include specific operating system releases.

you need to actually speak to someone @ Redhat and also the Vendor you 
have in mind. you're going to get your foot shot off in a rather nasty 
manner otherwise.

in brief: the reason why Oracle is asking you to run Redhat is because 
they specifically expect you to have Redhat support taking care of OS 
and first layer issues - so they dont need to.

the Redhat software is available, in SOURCE format freely. So I presume 
you intend to download and rebuild the entire distribution, then get 
patches and do builds + testing + fixing on your own, for each package. 
( CentOS might work here, but you dont want to use CentOS ... )

btw, it might interest you..... Oracle _do_ run support for people who 
run CentOS - but quite clearly state that the user is on his own, if its 
an OS / first layer issue they come across.


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