Re: And so it begins...

[David Gibbs <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joe Pluta wrote:
> So if you get two appliances from different vendors, you may easily have two
> completely different distros.  It's not like you can just copy the files
> from one Linux to the other; the variations in Linux are nearly infinite
> (heck, I had a world of fun just getting some Webmin plug-ins to work).

Depends on the app and the vendor.  Personally I think using an 
appliance is fine if you're going to get 100% support from the vendor 
(the kind you pay for).  In that case you don't need to know, nor do you 
care, what the underlying OS is.

If you're going to have to manage the app yourself (or you want the app 
integrated into your infrastructure), then using appliances is going to 
end up driving you crazy.  Better to use the appliance to decide if you 
like it, and then deploy the app on your own servers.

david