[2248] in SIPB_Linux_Development
Re: Linux Athena questions
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Thomas Bushnell, BSG)
Sun Oct 18 18:01:01 1998
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 17:56:28 -0400 (EDT)
From: tb@MIT.EDU (Thomas Bushnell, BSG)
To: svalente@MIT.EDU
Cc: linux-dev@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Salvatore Valente's message of Sun, 18 Oct 1998 01:42:35 -0400
(EDT) <199810180542.BAA18638@StarbaseZero.ne.mediaone.net>
The question was:
What are the technical considerations for continuing to use
Redhat instead of another distribution (especially
Slackware, Debian, SuSE, or any important ones I've left
out)? (Ignore the cost of conversion here; pretend you
were starting all over from scratch today.)
Sal's answer was:
I can't ignore the cost of conversion. It's huge.
I repeat the question. I'm not trying to criticize the current state
of affairs but to understand it. If you have no knowledge of the
other distributions, that's ok, but I'd like other peoples' answers.
I understand about cost of conversion, but I'm asking a different
question.
If you were starting fresh today, which distribution would you choose?
Please don't try and guess the purpose behind the question; there is
no ulterior motive or hidden goal--I just want to know specifically if
you were choosing today, and had no prior code base with RedHat, what
would you choose, and why?
Thomas
