ES or Fedora

[Robert Canary]

Weeeeellll, these will be production systems.  I have been doing Linux 
and Unix flavors long enough I really don't need the "Hand-Holdng" tech 
support.  However, I'm interested in having a support network for 
updating RPMS when there is security issues.  And I do like being able 
add a package via up2date and it also collecting the dependant RPMs as well.

Are those thing still available with ES?  What exactly are the 
implication of an annaul subscription?  This thing isn't going to 
shutdown if I don't resubscribe will it?

mroth at cfl.rr.com wrote:

> From: Aleksandar Milivojevic <alex at milivojevic.org>
> Date: Thursday, December 28, 2006 10:58 am
> 
>>Quoting Robert Canary <rwcanary at ocdirect.net>:
>>
>>
>>>I have a couple new servers I was needing to put online.
>>>
>>>I have always built, compiled, and setup my own Linux boxes, the 
>>
>>most> recent ones I did so using RedHat 7.2. and recompiled most of 
>>the> software to make it fit what I wanted.
>>
>>>However, the options availbale today will suit we just me just fine
>>>without allot of recomipling.
>>>
>>>So why would take Fedora over ES, or vice versa?
>>
>>Fedora:
>> - free
>> - bleeding edge (less stable, more features, updates can push new 
>>versions)  - short life cycle
> 
> <snip>
> 
>>RHEL:
>> - price tag (annual subscription)
> 
> 
> This is the reason I migtated to SuSE on my home systems - Fedora, from
> what I've read, seems to be bleeding edge, and I have no enthusiasm to
> come home from being a sysadmin to debug the o/s. If I'd known of it, I
> might have gone to CentOS. I want stability, and I won't spend serious
> money (I mean, if I wanted to do that, I could buy WinDoze.... <g>) on
> the o/s. 
> 
> Btw, the bleeding edgeiness of Fedora is ESR's feeling, too, or at least
> it was when we were talking about just this, about a year ago.
> 
>      mark
>