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I'm confused as to what you're asking. If you'd like to pay someone for
supporting your Linux distribution, then maybe SL have a donation system?

I honestly don't understand what criteria you're trying to meet, are you just
more comfortable with paying for something that getting something for free?

Michael.

> Chris Howard
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Right now I run yum periodically, then sweat bullets if there are any
kernel updates, or just don't run yum.    I would rather have someone to
yell at if an automatic update breaks things.
 
In theory I could put oracle on a spare box and test it right?
Wrong, because licensing for another app server box is many thousands
of dollars.  The cheapest OUL subscription is something like $200/year
and I think that will just let me slurp from their update stream which
is all I really want anyway.
 
I've been happy with not doing updates very often.  But
now I have some (microsoft type) people asking me why
I don't have a regular pattern of updates to apply.  The best
answer is, "Because my system actually works." But that is
inconvenient in the given circumstances.