OT: RedHat going to a subscription model? WTF??? |
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OT: RedHat going to a subscription model? WTF??? |
SirAndy |
May 11 2004, 01:10 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,669 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
so, if i understand this right, RedHat Linux just went to a yearly subscription model, ranging from $179 (Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS) to $2499 (Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS) PER YEAR ...
WTF??? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) so, now i have to pay $179 each year to use Linux as a desktop workstation? this is nuts ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif) Andy |
TimB |
May 12 2004, 05:28 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 38 Joined: 26-April 04 From: Alameda, CA Member No.: 1,985 |
Hi,
I love the OT posts about Linux, seeing as how I work for SUSE, now a division of Novell. Many of you guys actually know what you are talking about! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Open Source of course refers to the way the product is developed, NOT to the price of it. Of course every distro is supposed to offer a free version according to the GPL (General Public License). RHAT is smart since they are getting a huge community to develop their enterprise products under the auspices of "Fedora". It's better than having overseas labor! You can download a free copy of SUSE Professional 9.1 (now using the 2.6 Kernel BTW) from the SUSE website, but if you want ISO's and a manual go buy it for about $70 street price. If you want security updates (you can go get these with Pro too), bug fixes, free version updates, support, certification with various application and hardware vendors, buy the Enterprise product with what Novell now calls Annual Upgrade Protection. |
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