[Info-vax] [OT] Stability versus fashion, was: Re: HP Securities Analyst Meeting 2012

[Paul Sture]

In article <k4srf2$5ta$1 at dont-email.me>,
 Simon Clubley <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> wrote:

> On 2012-10-07, Paul Sture <nospam at sture.ch> wrote:
> >
> > I also had a go with CentOS, but once I started comparing software 
> > versions, I got the same kind of feeling I used to get when working on 
> > old releases of VMS; you know it's probably solid as a rock, but you 
> > miss those new features you have got used to :-)
> >
> 
> If those new features are not in the kernel, but are in user level
> packages, then you can just download the source kit for a later
> version of the installed package and build it yourself.
> 
> I prefer the stability of a RHEL based system instead of trying to use
> what is the latest half-tested fashion of the month as you can always
> build on that stable base (which is what I do when required).
> 
> The other distros are ok for sampling what the latest technology
> trends are, but you will not catch me using them in production
> use (either at home or work). :-)

Thanks Simon, and noted.

-- 
Paul Sture