Re: [nv-l] RedHat drops support for various LINUX products.

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F.Y.I..

                                                                                
                   
                                                                                
                   
                                                                                
                   
                                                                                
                   
                                                                                
                   
 Novell Announces Agreement to Acquire Leading Enterprise Linux Technology 
Company SUSE LINUX      
                                                                                
                   
                                                                                
                   
                                                                                
                   
                                                                                
                   
                                                                                
                   
                                                                                
                   
                                                                                
                   
       Novell expands its open source commitment and will become the first to 
offer comprehensive  
       Linux solutions for the enterprise from the desktop to the server        
                   
       Novell will be the only $1 billion software company with a Linux 
distribution and the       
       worldwide technical staff to support it                                  
                   
       Novell/SUSE LINUX to become the world's largest supplier of 
desktop-to-server Linux         
       solutions and technical support                                          
                   
       Customers to gain worldwide technical support for enterprise Linux 
solutions from a company 
       with more than 20 years of operating system experience                   
                   
       IBM and Novell to negotiate extensions to commercial agreement with 
Novell/SUSE LINUX to    
       support the IBM eServer line                                             
                   
                                                                                
                   
                                                                                
                   
 PROVO, Utah ? Nov. 04, 2003 ? Novell today announced it has entered into an 
agreement to acquire  
 SUSE LINUX, one of the world's leading enterprise Linux companies, expanding 
Novell's ability to  
 provide enterprise-class services and support on the Linux platform. With the 
open source         
 expertise of SUSE LINUX and Novell's world-class networking and identity 
solutions and support,   
 training and consulting services, Novell will be able to deliver Linux and all 
its components ?   
 from the server to the desktop ? and give organizations a secure, reliable and 
mature Linux       
 foundation. Novell will pay $210 million in cash to complete the acquisition. 
The transaction is  
 subject to regulatory approval and the winding up of shareholder agreements. 
Novell expects the   
 transaction to close by the end of its first fiscal quarter (January 2004).    
                   
                                                                                
                   
                                                                                
                   





                                                                                
                                                       
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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