>>> On 8/11/2007 at 7:50 AM, Tom Sightler <tsightler@(protected):
> On Fri, 2007-08-10 at 15:33 -0700, Alexei_Roudnev wrote:
>> Sysadmins are not dumb - seen all this, they select RHEL4 or UL4 - these 2
>> systems are well compatible with all Oracle versions (I can even run
>> Oracle8i on RHEL4, with some hacks) and are rock-solid.
>
> Your right, sysadmins are not dumb, unfortunately, software companies
> are dumb. They seem to be pushing shorter and shorter product
> lifecycles and have forgone "stable" products for simply "current"
> products. Last time I looked Novell's official lifecycle for SLES9 was
> five years. Oracle's support for their database products is not much
> better, although at least you can pay extra.
...
> My guess is that this is what lead to RHEL4 being certified while SLES9
> is not. Redhat has a 7 year lifecycle on it's products, but Novell only
> officially guarantees 5 years (as far as I know anyway). That means
> that SLES9 is scheduled to be desupported on August 2009 only two years
> from now, and it already feels abandoned.
>
> RHEL4 on the other hand, will be supported until Feb 2012, nearly 4 1/2
> years from now, even though it's initial release only trailed the SLES9
> release by 6 months. Those two years might not seem like much, but they

Just for the benefits of all list members. Now, Novell/SUSE support cycle (http://support.novell.com/lifecycle/) is 7 years (It was 5).

For exacts dates, etc. Please refer: http://support.novell.com/lifecycle/lcSearchResults.jsp?st=SUSE&x=0&y=0&sl=-1&sg=-1&pid=1000

-Arun


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