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<p>Hallo Jon,</p>
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<p>Dienstag, 1. Juli 2008, meintest Du:</p>
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<p><span class=rvts7>>We have our own stack which we stick on top of the customers favourite</span></p>
<p><span class=rvts7>>red hat clone. Usually Scientific Linux.</span></p>
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<p><span class=rvts7>does it necessarily have to be a redhat clone. can it also be a debian based clone?</span></p>
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<p>In general it could be Debian but we didn't do it for a long time and don't see much need for a Debian solution. If you do Debian then tomorrow somebody asks for Gentoo... Mandrake (does that still exist?)... Linux from Scratch... etc.</p>
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<p>Scientific Linux is mostly used because it is RedHat based and you can get certified Hard- and Software. Also you have long update cycles and product stability. </p>
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<p>Regards,</p>
<p>Jan Heichler</p>
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