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050804 Chris Gianelloni wrote: |
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> I want to see Gentoo as an enterprise-capable distribution myself, |
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> but I also understand that it is a long, hard road ahead of us |
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> and there will still be things we cannot provide as a community distro. |
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> There would need to be an entity responsible when something goes wrong |
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> and that has the manpower and resources to fix it. |
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There's no way a volunteer organisation like Gentoo could undertake that. |
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What would be essential is a company with capital invested |
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& probably an insurance policy somewhere in the background, |
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which employs Gentoo-knowledgeable staff to build & fix systems. |
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It would probably have its own mirror with a selection of Gentoo packages, |
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which it is prepared to guarantee as reliable & safe to use, |
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& would develop all the enterprise-level management tools you describe. |
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Hopefully, it would give something back to the underlying volunteer Gentoo |
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by way of free staff time & some tools all of us might benefit from. |
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The first step is a visit to your friendly neighbourhood bank manager (smile). |
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