Hello CentOS Guys :-) Oracle has created a new Website to capture CentOS Users :o http://linux.oracle.com/switch/centos/ -- Chris
On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 11:19 AM, Chris <xchris89x at googlemail.com> wrote:> > Oracle has created a new Website to capture CentOS Users :o > > http://linux.oracle.com/switch/centos/http://news.techworld.com/operating-systems/106971/novell-looks-to-lure-red-hat-users/ --- Novell has launched a migration service in an attempt ook aim at rival and Linux market leader Red Hat with a migration service designed to help move Linux users onto Novell's SuSE enterprise servers. The SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) Subscription with Expanded Support program is a three-year contract that covers support for Red Hat or CentOS, a Red Hat clone, during the first two years of the deal. During that time, Novell will provide Red Hat and CentOS server users with binaries released by Red Hat for its platform and technical support. The subscriptions, which include two years of transition support and three years SLES support, are similar to the three-year priority contracts Novell offers on its own servers. ---- So, busines as usual... move along... nothing to see here... FC -- During times of Universal Deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act - George Orwell
Chris wrote:> Hello CentOS Guys :-) > > Oracle has created a new Website to capture CentOS Users :o > > http://linux.oracle.com/switch/centos/Yup. No, don't switch from CentOS to RHEL, switch to *us*, and pay even more for very, very, very lousy support.* And I *love* the chart... never mind that RH changed the build structure to give Oracle pain, and it hurt us, Never mind that the difference between Oracle and CentOS, once that was fixed, dropped like a rock, due to our team (that is, Johnny, and Karanbir, and all the rest), to where it's even.... No, you should pay us, says Larry, I need to keep my yacht and fighter jet taken care of.... mark * Long rant of personally-experienced month of Sun/Oracle "support" available upon request.
On 20 July 2012 15:19, Chris <xchris89x at googlemail.com> wrote:> http://linux.oracle.com/switch/centos/I found the "update delay" graph laughable. They're comparing themselves to a bunch of volunteers and then say "we beat people work for free and for the love of it".... Right... IMHO, I'd rather go for RHEL if I'm paying. (Unfortunately I don't make that decision, customers do, disclaimer, $dayjob has OEL customers too).
On Friday, July 20, 2012 10:19:05 AM Chris wrote:> Hello CentOS Guys :-) > > Oracle has created a new Website to capture CentOS Users :o > > http://linux.oracle.com/switch/centos/They also mention Scientific Linux in their 'Q&A.'
On 07/20/2012 09:19 AM, Chris wrote:> Hello CentOS Guys :-) > > Oracle has created a new Website to capture CentOS Users :o > > http://linux.oracle.com/switch/centos/This will be my only comment to this thread. The issue that Oracle highlighted, that existed in the first 3 quarters of 2011, has been fixed. CentOS now has 2 full time developers and I have created a graph that shows the same information, in 2012 (EL6 Kernel release times) that Oracle depicted: http://bit.ly/NEdAB8 As you can see, in 2012 CentOS has delivered the Kernels 48% faster than Oracle (25 days compared to 37 days). CentOS also delivered the bugfix kernel for EL6 released yesterday 17 hours faster than Oracle. The speedy updates are not just kernels ... if you check turn around time for all packages in 2012, CentOS has been much faster than Oracle. Expect this to continue. Also, expect the CR repo to be used for all future point releases ... not just if we encounter problems. While I will not be petty enough to post a Migration script from Oracle Linux to CentOS (I can't believe they posted that ... REALLY?), I will likely help anyone who asks me for help with that specific migration. Thanks, Johnny Hughes -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 262 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20120720/9a179b76/attachment-0003.sig>
On 07/20/2012 10:27 PM, Johnny Hughes wrote:> On 07/20/2012 09:19 AM, Chris wrote: >> Hello CentOS Guys :-) >> >> Oracle has created a new Website to capture CentOS Users :o >> >> http://linux.oracle.com/switch/centos/ > > This will be my only comment to this thread. > > The issue that Oracle highlighted, that existed in the first 3 quarters > of 2011, has been fixed. CentOS now has 2 full time developers and I > have created a graph that shows the same information, in 2012 (EL6 > Kernel release times) that Oracle depicted: > > http://bit.ly/NEdAB8 > > As you can see, in 2012 CentOS has delivered the Kernels 48% faster than > Oracle (25 days compared to 37 days). > > CentOS also delivered the bugfix kernel for EL6 released yesterday 17 > hours faster than Oracle. > > The speedy updates are not just kernels ... if you check turn around > time for all packages in 2012, CentOS has been much faster than Oracle. > Expect this to continue. > > Also, expect the CR repo to be used for all future point releases ... > not just if we encounter problems. > > While I will not be petty enough to post a Migration script from Oracle > Linux to CentOS (I can't believe they posted that ... REALLY?), I will > likely help anyone who asks me for help with that specific migration. > > Thanks, > Johnny HughesYou're getting in the way or Oracle's truthiness! -- Digimer Papers and Projects: https://alteeve.com
On Jul 20, 2012, at 7:27 PM, Johnny Hughes wrote:> While I will not be petty enough to post a Migration script from Oracle > Linux to CentOS (I can't believe they posted that ... REALLY?), I will > likely help anyone who asks me for help with that specific migration.---- I wouldn't describe your doing so as petty but rather providing a useful option as it seems certain that more users would find it useful to migrate from OEL --> CentOS than the other way but it is after all, about options. Craig