Re: Re: Red Hat to support PostgreSQL

1) Distribution of Linux to have the largest number of "out of the box"
security holes. Check back and look at the security reports. Count them if
you insist.

2) Most commercial software made _for_ RedHat (some companies only
"support" RedHat) insist that you use RPM to install their software,
otherwise you are SOL. Most commercial software made _for_ _Linux_
supports all distributions.

3) So much extra crap running to begin with, eating up extra memory, cpu,
etc. (Yeah, sure you can spend time securing and setting up the box to not
run what it shouldn't be... _OR_ you can save that wasted time (it adds up
when you are setting up 30 production machines) and run a quality
distribution like Debian or even Slackware)

I'm sure we could go on, but this isn't a Linux list :)

Now back to our regularly scheduled database discussion.

-Knight

On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, Tim Barnard wrote:

> <snip>
> ...This is not the same in my book, since I don't care
> to run RHL in any kind of production environment...
> <snip>
>
> What is it about RHL that various people wouldn't
> recommend running it in a production envornment?
> I don't have a contrary view, so much as I'd like to
> know what's specifically wrong with the RH distribution.
> We're trying to decide on a distribution on which to
> develop telecom software, utilizing PostgreSQL of
> course :-) What other distributions would you
> recommend and why?
>
> Tim
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alex Knight" <knight@phunc.com>
> To: "Vivek Khera" <khera@kcilink.com>
> Cc: <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 12:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Re: Red Hat to support PostgreSQL
>
>
> > On 27 Jun 2001, Vivek Khera wrote:
> >
> > > >>>>> "BM" == Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > >
> > > BM> Here is a press release stating Red Hat will offer commercial
> support
> > > BM> for PostgreSQL:
> > >
> > > BM> http://www.redhat.com/about/presscenter/2001/press_database.html
> > >
> > > My read is that they're supporting their integrated OS+DB package, not
> > > PostgreSQL directly.  This is not the same in my book, since I don't
> > > care to run RHL in any kind of production environment.
> >
> > Agreed over here.
> >
> > -knight
> >
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