[ale] IBM is buying Redhat!

[Leam Hall]

On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 8:07 AM Simba via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> That is fair.
>
> What I suppose I meant is that Debian's package policies are more mature
> and support long term stability in systems better than the other
> distributions. Also, recovering from packaging related issues is
> tremendously simple with apt.
>

Not really. RPM based systems recover well, have done so for years. Debian
has very little third party vendor support, and that's what sells. Most
companies don't by RHEL/SLES/HP-UX/Solaris, they by a platform for
"Application X" and that platform must have backup compatibility with
Enterprise Backup Application "A" and monitoring support for Enterprise
Tool "B". That's why RHEL, and to a lesser degree in the US, SLES, win big
contracts.

Philosophy doesn't matter; functionality does.
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