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Re: Best practice Linux support vendors?

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On Wed, 13 Jul 2011 19:12:03 -0700, snorble 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.
> 
> For Linux, the hardware vendor part stays the same. Dell replaces the
> parts regardless of OS. What about Linux support from vendors? I 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.

Several Linux vendors sell their products with support - so, what's the 
problem?

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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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