discuss: Production use distribution? ---Re: [olug] Linux sysadmin position

[Brian Wiese]

On Sun, 12 Jan 2003 23:23:50 -0600
"Jeff Hinrichs" <jlh at cox.net> wrote:

|Brian,
|[...snip...]
|> When you/they say support, do they mean it "only works on (coded for)
|> Redhat" or they "only test it on Redhat"?  I'm just wondering how a
|> program designed for GNU/Linux would work on one distribution and not
|> another?  (hard coded to use specific Redhat programs? paths?)
|>
|> I'd really like to find out/address the point (if it exists) that
perhaps
|> not all distros are alike?  They cannot all be customized to work
exactly
|> the same (after removing all the fluff)?
|>
|You should check out LSB http://www.linuxbase.org/
|" Mission Statement
|The goal of the LSB is to develop and promote a set of standards that
will
|increase compatibility among Linux distributions and enable software
|applications to run on any compliant Linux system. In addition, the LSB
will
|help coordinate efforts to recruit software vendors to port and write
|products for Linux. "
|
|The primary problem with RH is their use of directories as compared to
other
|dists.  Not always a problem but many times it is. As for apps that offer
|commercial support, if you are going to target a market you go after the
low
|hanging fruit first. i.e. Biggest installed base in your target audience.
|This keeps support costs down.  If LSB succeeds, then many of these types
of
|headaches will be a part of history. Note: I said many not all.

Yep, I expect we'll see some changes then? =)
It's good to see Redhat and The Debian Project are both members.

  Brian Wiese | bwiese at cotse.com | aim: unolinuxguru
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