Hi, John Andersen schrieb:
On Wednesday 20 September 2006 14:31, Keith Roberts wrote:
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But I begin to ask myself, what do I gain by moving from 9.2 to 10.2? For server class machines, the answer is virtually nothing.
Yet I can't responsibly continue to operate a system for which security patches will no longer be available. I'm forced into an upgrade on a production system.
Did you ever consider using SLES for _production_ Servers?
On desktop system, I might gain something, not a great deal.
I'd much prefer a patch AND upgrade in-place for a given period of time - say 5 years minimum. I like the Ubuntu Long Term Support promise.
You will get a 5 years Update-Support. ;-) Just my 2 ct/EUR Dirk
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