Go look at www.linuxbase.org to see what it is all about. But seriously, if someone would throw out the possibility of using a distro just because it wasn't trying to conform to the LSB, I would *seriously* question their competence in running enterprise level systems. That would be like saying I won't use that OS because it's not POSIX compliant, or I won't hire someone to run my NT server because they aren't MS certified. I'm not saying that supporting LSB wouldn't be a factor in the overall decision, given certain needs, but to dismiss a distro completely solely because of something like LSB support? My guess is that whoever told you that doesn't work on the business side of things, because that type of comment shows very poor judgement, and people like that just simply don't make it to the top where decisions are made, for the very reason that they might do something stupid like that..
Sorry for the rant, but a pet peave of mine is people like the one you described:) Plus, I think debian is actually a contributor to the whole LSB thing aren't they? Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul E Condon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 10:33 PM Subject: Linux Standard Base > I've been talking to other Linux users in my area (Colorado, USA) > about their problems with Red Hat dropping their user, non-enterprise, > distribution. I suggest Debian. I say its really great. But I'm told > "But it doesn't comply with 'Linux Standard Base' ". > > So what is Linux Standard Base? And who does comply with it? And is > this important to Debian? No flames please. If it is something that > was started by Red Hat, it should hardly matter to those left behind > in a business model shift. > > Curious, > > -- > Paul E Condon > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] org > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]