Re: User Linux

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On Wed, 2004-02-11 at 17:22, Chadley Wilson wrote:
> Ok Talking end-users now, so for $50 dollars I get news and updates for
> 1 year because you have to subscribe anually. What else do I get.
> Besides the great burden of compiling my own software, the news that
> will probably have on product of interest a year.
> 
> Chad
> 
> On Wed, 2004-02-11 at 15:21, Jay Turner wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 07:51:49AM -0500, James Drabb wrote:
> > > First, let me state that I do despise MS, and I am playing devils
> > > advocate.  However, let us look at the cost over 5 years for RHPW and MS
> > > Windows XP Home.  We need to assume that RH will support RHPW for 5
> > > years and not drop support like RH 9.
> > > 
> > > RHPW year 1: $50
> > > RHPW year 2: $60 for updates
> > > RHPW year 3: $60 for updates
> > > RHPW year 4: $60 for updates
> > > RHPW year 5: $60 for updates
> > > ----------------------------
> > >            $290 over 5 years
> > > 
> > > MS XP Home year 1: $99
> > > MS XP Home year 2: $0
> > > MS XP Home year 3: $0
> > > MS XP Home year 4: $0
> > > MS XP Home year 5: $0
> > > ---------------------
> > >      $99 over 5 years
> > > 
> > > Do you see the price difference?
> > 
> > The truth is actually somewhere in the middle.  Updates to the RHEL product
> > line are completely free in source form.  They are posted on hundreds of
> > mirror sites around the world and are free for anyone (not just customers
> > of Red Hat) to download and use/distribute/laugh at . . . whatever someone
> > feels like doing with them.  And since RHPW is a part of the RHEL family,
> > you will indeed see us supporting the product for 5 years, so your total
> > cost for RHPW over 5 years should be "$50 + some time to recompile
> > updates."
> > 
> > Saying you are paying $60 for updates isn't the whole story.  For $60, you
> > not only get access to a fact pipe for the updates, but you also get access
> > to the management features which are part of Red Hat Network.  More
> > information about what is included in the $60/year subscription is
> > available at http://www.redhat.com/software/rhn/update/.  One of the nicest
> > features is that you can remotely manage the updates on your machine, so
> > from any net-enabled machine in the world, you can issue updates to your
> > machine whereever it is.  In addition, you can receive email notifications
> > when updates are released which are necessary on your system, and choose to
> > have those updates applied automatically.
> > 
> > 
If you subscribe you don't have to compile your own software.....

Sturla




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