[COLUG] Fedora on production servers

[R P Herrold]

On Fri, 18 Aug 2006, Dane Miller wrote:

> (Rusty, do I correctly remember your voice being particularly loud on
> this?)

I know of no one named 'Rusty' in the group  ;)

> Fedora project leader Max Spevack writes a thoughtful response to this
>   "We strive to produce a quality distribution of free software that is
> cutting-edge, pushes the envelope of new open source technology, and is
> also robust enough that it can be relied on for server or desktop use."
>
> So has Fedora changed since it's inception?  Who uses Fedora in
> production?  For what task?  Why?

'thoughtful'?  Short lifecycles, no guaranteed upgrade path, 
light testing, and and a six month update tail.  A person who 
'relied on' that for a server gets what they deserve.  Such a 
device may well be capable of being run in a 'server' role, 
but it is not something I would want to stand behind or rely 
on longer than that short lifespan, save on a time and 
materials contract.  ;)

See: http://fedora.redhat.com/about/objectives.html at the 
bottom:
 	Non-Objectives of Fedora Core
 	2.  Enabling commercial support, particularly Service 
Level Agreements.

I can see why he mentions a want to kill the webserver 
'fedora.redhat.com' in the article.

Any questions?

- Russ Herrold