Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 21:10:47 -0500 From: "William J.A. Brillinger" <billy (at mark) pdcweb.net> Subject: [coba-e:09689] Re: Upgrade to CentOS5 To: coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org Message-Id: <5s1klg$tttiu (at mark) wnpgmb01-c600f.mts.net> In-Reply-To: <462D43DE.6040000 (at mark) planetcentral.net> References: <039701c785bc$64b751f0$3946460a (at mark) CIIC2> <462D43DE.6040000 (at mark) planetcentral.net> X-Mail-Count: 09689At 06:40 PM 4/23/2007, you wrote:>Michael Aronoff wrote:>>Paul wrote:>><snip>>However, with what sounds like the "new" version >of this solution coming out, no doubt the older >version will continue to be updated and >supported less and less (understandable if you >are offering a product that people are buying), >this means that unless BQ lives on under Centos >5 as a free offering, these things probably will >come to an end, since i just cant afford to pay >out £300 for a replacement, plus the obvious >charges for updates every year thereafter. Would >be fine for all you commercial hosting >enviroment guys - £300 is undoubtedly a bargain >for the offering, especially when people host >100+ sites on the box that users pay maybe $5 or $10 per month for.Paul,I see you are looking at this as the evolution of the BQ/centos OS package and it certainly is not. It's a high end option for very advanced business'.This is not a replacement for somebody with one or 2 servers or a low bandwidth connection, it's a platform to enable the BQ box to compete in high availability service maintaining hundreds and hundreds of sites in a very efficient and fast to roll out manner.It will also be handy for testing patches without interrupting live services and troubleshooting risky development scripts or maneuvers like quota fixes on identical installations without risking bringing down a live= server.This in no way spells the end of free BQ, just opens the door to much bigger opportunities for it and the BQ community.Hope that helps?Cheers,- Bill---------------------------------William J.A. BrillingerPrecision Design Co.E-Mail: mailto:billy (at mark) pdcweb.netWeb site: http://www.pdcweb.netPhone: (204) 327-55249689_2.html (attatchment)(tag is disabled)