I'm in the 5+ year camp as well.

On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 1:20 PM, Andrew Dunstan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Server operating system editions should live a minimum of about 5 years
> IMNSHO. That's pretty much the lifetime we have decided on the PostgreSQL.
>
> cheers
>
> andrew
>
>
> On 04/14/2014 02:00 PM, David Crick wrote:
>>
>> http://lwn.net/Articles/592723/
>>
>> "So the goal for CentOS is to create a next-generation platform that
>> is supported for a longer period of time than Fedora is. Ten years
>> would be good, but most people just want something longer than 13
>> months, he said, and *2-3 YEARS SEEMED TO BE A SWEET SPOT*."
>>
>> (emphasis added by me).
>>
>> Pertinent question: are SL users "most people" ?
>>
>