[ Thanks to Michael
S. Mimoso for this link. ]
“Linux professionals are giving Red Hat the raspberry following
its decision to drop support of all but its Red Hat Linux
Enterprise Edition line. Consultant Chris Ridley sums up their
feelings thusly: ‘Ptooey!’“Raleigh, N.C.-based Red Hat will stop support and maintenance
of Red Hat Linux 9 on April 30, 2004. Support for previous releases
will end in 2003. After April 30, the company will only support Red
Hat Enterprise Linux. Previously, Red Hat Linux 9 users could buy
incident-based support plans, even for multiple copies of a single
purchased product. The new support policy calls for a per-system
fee…”