On Thursday 02 Oct 2003 4:44 pm, Bryan J. Smith wrote: > Quoting David Holden <dh@xxxxxxxx>: > > When fedora is release will I beable to say to my boss, yes we can > > install fedora version "x" and be able to rely on redhat providing > > security updates for the next 2-3 years for that version, or will > > have have to say to my boss if you want a stable OS for 2-3year you > > will have to cough up $345 for system/per year. > > First off, the last time I checked, RHEL WS is $179/year (or are you > talking about ES?). yes ES. > > > As far as I know for version of Microsoft OS's your guaranteed >3 years > > use of that OS and security updates are *free*. > > (Yes I know microsoft and security are words that really don't mix :)) > > Secondly, Microsoft has the volume to sustain security updates on a $99-199 > product. Red Hat does not. Of course which is back to my original post, about the cost of doing this, assuming the WS edition (>3x179) again $99-199. > > *BUT* if you keep your Fedora Core current to at least 6 months, possibly a > year (if I'm reading the details correctly), you _do_ have such updates. Yes this is find if keeping Fedora core current doesn't break important things that users are used to, e.g. kde desktop settings etc.. > > If you need 1-7 years, then you need to purchase a product that will > support the vendor who does it, given the volume they sell at. Of course and again back to my original post, Dave -- Dr. David Holden. (Systems Developer) Crystallography Journals Online: <http://journals.iucr.org> Thanks in advance:- Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See: <http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html> UK Privacy (R.I.P) : http://www.stand.org.uk/commentary.php3 Public GPG key available on request. -------------------------------------------------------------
