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Re: Best practice Linux support vendors?

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In article <39f71fac-d3bf-4144-a7ee-5d71ebd9c08f@c29g2000yqd.googlegroups.com>,
snorble  <snorble@hotmail.com> wrote:
>When administering Windows servers, I have found that between the
>hardware vendor support (Dell, HP, etc) and Microsoft support, that
>takes care of most of the big "oh crap" situations, like having to
>restore a domain controller on different hardware or other hairy
>issues.
>
[...]
>believe Dell has some offerings, and there's RedHat, etc. I use Linux
>for my own stuff, but for a customer it would be nice to have someone
>to call in a pinch. Any advice in this area? Thanks.

Most Linux-Distributions are done by a commercial organization which also
provides support for money. Debian, which is backed by volunteers, has a
list of consultants [1].

[1] http://www.debian.org/consultants/

cu

AW

P.S. Could you please tell me if (or if not) you see my post in
comp.os.linux.misc?
-- 
[...] If you don't want to be restricted, don't agree to it. If you are
coerced, comply as much as you must to protect yourself, just don't support
it. Noone can free you but yourself. (crag, on Debian Planet)
Arne Wichmann (aw@linux.de)

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Best practice Linux support vendors? snorble <snorble@hotmail.com> - 2011-07-13 19:12 -0700
  Re: Best practice Linux support vendors? Tim Watts <tw@dionic.net> - 2011-07-14 08:36 +0100
    Re: Best practice Linux support vendors? snorble <snorble@hotmail.com> - 2011-07-15 10:17 -0700
      Re: Best practice Linux support vendors? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-07-15 18:35 +0100
      Re: Best practice Linux support vendors? General Schvantzkoph <schvantzkoph@yahoo.com> - 2011-07-15 20:09 +0000
        Re: Best practice Linux support vendors? Tim Watts <tw@dionic.net> - 2011-07-16 07:49 +0100
          Re: Best practice Linux support vendors? General Schvantzkoph <schvantzkoph@yahoo.com> - 2011-07-16 13:40 +0000
            Re: Best practice Linux support vendors? Tim Watts <tw@dionic.net> - 2011-07-16 18:19 +0100
              Re: Best practice Linux support vendors? Aragorn <stryder@telenet.be.invalid> - 2011-07-17 03:44 +0200
  Re: Best practice Linux support vendors? aw@anhrefn.saar.de - 2011-07-14 15:25 +0200
    Re: Best practice Linux support vendors? notbob <notbob@notbob.invalid> - 2011-07-14 14:13 +0000
    Re: Best practice Linux support vendors? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-07-14 19:01 +0100
  Re: Best practice Linux support vendors? ray <ray@zianet.com> - 2011-07-14 14:51 +0000
  Re: Best practice Linux support vendors? JeffM <jeffm_@email.com> - 2011-07-14 14:34 -0700
    Re: Best practice Linux support vendors? John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2011-07-14 17:32 -0500
      Re: Best practice Linux support vendors? Tim Watts <tw@dionic.net> - 2011-07-15 06:59 +0100
    Re: Best practice Linux support vendors? Tim Watts <tw@dionic.net> - 2011-07-15 06:57 +0100

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