Re: installation failed

In comp.os.linux.setup Nico Kadel-Garcia <nkadel@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
Michael Heiming wrote:
In comp.os.linux.setup Nico Kadel-Garcia <nkadel@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
Michael Heiming wrote:
In comp.os.linux.setup Nico Kadel-Garcia <nkadel@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
Michael Heiming wrote:
In comp.os.linux.setup Nico Kadel-Garcia <nkadel@xxxxxxxxxxx>:

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The customer wanted specific software, known to run on 9.2. You
don't change the OS on a customer without their complete buy-in,
and they hadn't tested it on 9.3.

I'd strongly advice a customer against some home distribution,
this is exactly what enterprise distributions are about. Home
distributions get usually quite to fast EOL for serious usage.
[..]

This was a corporate installation, with purchased SuSe licenses. SuSE
guarantees 7 years of support when you buy licenses.

Strange, never heard. Especially as their enterprise editions are
just 5 years supported. Is there any URL to back up this claim?

[..]

It might actually be shorter for the non-Enterprise releases: I didn't find
such an obvious link, and I don't have a box with a license in my hands.

No doubt about the enterprise versions, but you were talking
about a *consumer* version with 7 years? And there seems nothing
that supports your theory?

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