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
