Redhat will still be supported, but only on the Advanced Entperprise Server
Edition. However, if you ask me, that should have been the case all along,
running a enterprise level NMS on a desktop operating system is not going
to the best of breed.
Paul
On Tuesday 04 November 2003 09:49, Alan E. Hennis wrote:
> Some time ago the LINUX support team at the company I work for informed me
> of RedHat's intention to drop support for older versions of LINUX. I opened
> a case with IBM and they told me that IBM knew nothing of it. RedHat
> announced this today. Has anyone on the list received any information from
> IBM as to what versions of LINUX will be supported by NetView.
>
>
> http://www.newsforge.com/software/03/11/03/1657205.shtml
>
> In an email to Red Hat Network customers, the company has announced today
> that it "...will discontinue maintenance and errata support for Red Hat
> Linux 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 and 8.0 as of December 31, 2003," that "Red Hat will
> discontinue maintenance and errata support for Red Hat Linux 9 as of April
> 30, 2004," and that "Red Hat does not plan to release another product in
> the Red Hat Linux line." This should not come as a surprise to NewsForge
> regulars who saw this story on October 23, but less-prepared Red Hat users
> seem shocked by the idea.
>
> [snip]
>
>
> Thanks
> Alan E. Hennis
> Caterpillar Inc.
> Systems+Process Division
> 309.494.3308
> hennis_alan_e@cat.com
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