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I thought some might be interested in this bit of news.

Thank you for being a Red Hat Network customer.

This e-mail provides you with important information about the upcoming discontinuation of Red Hat Linux, and resources to assist you with your migration to another Red Hat solution.

As previously communicated, Red Hat will discontinue maintenance and errata support for Red Hat Linux 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 and 8.0 as of December
31, 2003. Red Hat will discontinue maintenance and errata support for
Red Hat Linux 9 as of April 30, 2004. Red Hat does not plan to release
another product in the Red Hat Linux line.

With the recent announcement of Red Hat Enterprise Linux v.3, you'll find migrating to Enterprise Linux appealing. We understand
that transitioning to another Red Hat solution requires careful planning
and implementation. We have created a migration plan for Red Hat Network
customers to help make the transition as simple and seamless as
possible. Details:

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If you purchase Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS or ES Basic before February 28, 2004, you will receive 50% off the price for two years.[*] (That's two years for the price of one.)

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In addition, we have created a Red Hat Linux Migration Resource Center to address your migration planning and other questions, such as:

* What are best practices for implementing the migration to Red Hat
Enterprise Linux?

* Are there other migration alternatives?

* How do I purchase Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS or ES Basic at the price
above?

* What if my paid subscription to RHN extends past April 30, 2004?

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Find out more about your migration options with product comparisons, whitepapers and documentation at the Red Hat Linux Migration Resource
Center:

http://www.redhat.com/solutions/migration/rhl/rhn


Or read the FAQ written especially for Red Hat Network customers:

https://rhn.redhat.com/help/rhlmigrationfaq/

Sincerely,

Red Hat, Inc.


[*] Limit 10 units. Higher volume purchase inquiries should contact a
regional Red Hat sales representative. Contact numbers available at
http://www.redhat.com/solutions/migration/rhl/rhn

--the Red Hat Network Team

yeah we were discussing that over here

https://www.ubbdev.com/forum/showflat...5/o/all/fpart/1

it will impact alot of people but they will just switch to another distro

I guess I missed it:/

I am looking for a new Distro now too I guess

I guess they are only going to focus on the corporate end of things. BTW, what is the Fedora Project anyways?

I think it is there development platform. I am not real sure but I am real disappointed in the news.

As I understand it the Fedora project is a community driven version of Red Hat Linux and the current Red Hat Linux code, documentation etc, will be merged with Fedora. So basically, you'll still have Red Hat Linux, it's just called something else, and it is a community that controls it.

Also, there will still be a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation version, which will be version for workstations, only not targeted at consumers.

From the little I've looked at this I see only good things from this. Red Hat concentrates on the server business, which is where they can make money and won't have to compete with Microsoft at their best. As a user, you'll still get a desktop system, which makes use of the latest softwares with lots of releases.

On the other hand, I'm finally switching over to Debian soon so it doesn't affect me. Well, I've said I'm going to switch to Debian for years, but now I have lots of free disk space and downloaded an install cd so I'm close. =]