Soapbox: ISC BIND 9 compiles and runs on the following operating systems: . . .
In the Bind 9 Administrator Reference Manual found at: http://www.nominum.com/resources/documentation/ it is state that "ISC BIND 9 compiles and runs on the following operating systems: . . . R??H?? Linux." Why? Why? Why?!!!!! This type of de facto endorsement seems to prejudice the American market toward one particular distribution. As far as I know Bind 9 runs just as well on SuSE Linux. I've raised this issue before, but I really don't know how to address it in an effective way. I'm sure mail bombing the authors with nasty complaints will not do the trick. I do find it frustrating that so many companies release products with statements such as that referenced above. Anybody else? Steve
Hi, On Fri, Feb 16 2001 at 05:49 -0500, Steven T. Hatton wrote:
In the Bind 9 Administrator Reference Manual found at: http://www.nominum.com/resources/documentation/ it is state that "ISC BIND 9 compiles and runs on the following operating systems: . . . R??H?? Linux."
Why? Why? Why?!!!!!
Probably because that's the Linux distribution they tested Bind on.
This type of de facto endorsement seems to prejudice the American market toward one particular distribution. As far as I know Bind 9 runs just as well on SuSE Linux. I've raised this issue before, but I really don't know how to address it in an effective way. I'm sure mail bombing the authors with nasty complaints will not do the trick. I do find it frustrating that so many companies release products with statements such as that referenced above.
You can mail them and tell them that Bind compiles and runs fine on SuSE Linux. Perhaps they mention it on http://www.isc.org/products/BIND/bind9.html under `Additionally, we have unverified reports of success from users of the following systems'. Ciao, Stefan -- Stefan Troeger o _ _ _ stefan@troeger.st __o __o /\_ _ \\o (_)\__/o (_) _`\<, _`\<, _>(_) (_)/<_ \_| \ _|/' \/ (_)/(_) (_)/(_) (_) (_) (_) (_)' _\o_
On Friday 16 February 2001 06:04, Stefan Troeger wrote:
Hi,
On Fri, Feb 16 2001 at 05:49 -0500, Steven T. Hatton wrote:
In the Bind 9 Administrator Reference Manual found at: http://www.nominum.com/resources/documentation/ it is state that "ISC BIND 9 compiles and runs on the following operating systems: . . . R??H?? Linux."
Why? Why? Why?!!!!!
Probably because that's the Linux distribution they tested Bind on.
This type of de facto endorsement seems to prejudice the American market toward one particular distribution. As far as I know Bind 9 runs just as well on SuSE Linux. I've raised this issue before, but I really don't know how to address it in an effective way. I'm sure mail bombing the authors with nasty complaints will not do the trick. I do find it frustrating that so many companies release products with statements such as that referenced above.
You can mail them and tell them that Bind compiles and runs fine on SuSE Linux. Perhaps they mention it on http://www.isc.org/products/BIND/bind9.html under `Additionally, we have unverified reports of success from users of the following systems'.
Ciao, Stefan Stefan,
Your approach does seem appropriate for this instance. I am not the person to write such a message since I have neither compiled it nor tested it to any great extent. Perhaps someone who is using BIND 9 in a "real" production setting could take the time to pen such a message. Steve
"Steven T. Whatnot" wrote:
In the Bind 9 Administrator Reference Manual found at: http://www.nominum.com/resources/documentation/ it is state that "ISC BIND 9 compiles and runs on the following operating systems: . . . R??H?? Linux."
Why? Why? Why?!!!!!
This type of de facto endorsement seems to prejudice the American market toward one particular distribution. As far as I know Bind 9 runs just as well on SuSE Linux. I've raised this issue before, but I really don't know how to address it in an effective way. I'm sure mail bombing the authors with nasty complaints will not do the trick. I do find it frustrating that so many companies release products with statements such as that referenced above.
Anybody else?
The world has been entwined in this MS mentality for a LONG time. It will take TIME for it to go away. I'm fighting a similar battle at work. They want me to use R.H. for a project saying it's the standard. I'll win that battle but it is frustrating. Keep the faith. -- Mark Hounschell dmarkh@cfl.rr.com
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On February 16, 2001 07:29 am, you wrote:
The world has been entwined in this MS mentality for a LONG time. It will take TIME for it to go away. I'm fighting a similar battle at work. They want me to use R.H. for a project saying it's the standard. I'll win that battle but it is frustrating. Keep the faith.
I find it funny that RedHat has the worst conformance to standards I have seen in a distribution. That's ok, I get the same thing. I run SuSE anyway, no matter what anybody tells me. I dare them to try and make me switch. - -- James Oakley Engineering - SolutionInc Ltd. joakley@solutioninc.com http://www.solutioninc.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE6jUArHYysNB5h3fIRAidgAKDd8J9z5s6jCt4YQOLrRDRakCnWMgCgkAcm A5XZ6r//t2KCfonzGCegmnk= =ym4D -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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