[WBEL-users] WBEL ...dead?

[Karanbir Singh]

Hey!

israel.garcia@cimex.com.cu wrote:
 > Are this rumors real?

I did not incite the rumour....however, it is based on fact. Wbel had 
fallen off the edge of the earth, with no contact / feedback from anyone 
in a position to do something about it.

And this dosent seem to be the first time this has happened either....

 > I am part of a Corporation and I am in the midle of a migration from 
RH9 to WBEL
 > on several servers. Please let me know if WB will have not more 
updates to take
 > another decision.
 >

If Wbel was to have a 'dead in transit' or if this 'weeks before we 
release updates' keeps going you have the option to move to another RHEL 
recompile repository with about 2 minutes worth of work - with 
absolutely no functional issue involved. After all Wbel ( like Centos / 
Tao ) isnt a distribution in itself, its a recompile of RHEL - and they 
are all build from the same source.

That however brings up the issue of "if there are others out there which 
seems to be doing more timely updates and more community oriented that 
you can move to if Wbel has problems - why not start with one of them in 
the first place ? "

My 2p worth. I still run Wbel myself on a few machines. None of which 
run in Commercial Environments. I install Wbel no more.

- K

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