Red Hat and Novell sparred once again over the market readiness of the open-source Xen engine at LinuxWorld.
Red Hat insists Xen still isn't ready for prime time, which may push back the release of its Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 platform until early 2007.
Red Hat executives said the Xen code in the Raleigh, N.C., Linux distributor's upcoming RHEL 5 works, but they won't advise enterprise customers and ISVs to deploy it until unfinished business around the API set, interoperability interfaces and Xen's integration with the Linux kernel are resolved.
At an informal Red Hat gathering at during LinuxWorld, Red Hat CTO Brian Stevens told CRN the RHEL 5 beta will be released in September and a release candidate will follow in the fall. He said RHEL 5 remains on track to ship by the end of the year, but Red Hat has no problem delaying its release until early next year if the Xen layer isn't ready.
"I don't care if we're first [to market] or not," Steven said, noting he would steer customers in the direction of VMware if Xen is modified. "Look, Xen is the driver [of RHEL 5]. We just want to make sure it's ready and our partners won't have to recertify or retest their offerings."
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