Redhat has made version of their enterprise edition available for purchase at a number of office store chains, and amazon.com. The price varies some from store to store, but in general it's around $100.00. Personally, I plan on buying a copy tomorrow. I don't mind paying redhat for their os, so long as they can keep the price down for home users. Fedora is nice, and I plan on running it on one machine for a long time. I will load redhat on another machine. Jim On Wed, 2004-02-11 at 23:09, Chadley Wilson wrote: > On Thu, 2004-02-12 at 06:21, James Drabb wrote: > > On Wed, 2004-02-11 at 11:53, Brent Fox wrote: > > > Also, just to make it fair, the $99 price for Windows XP Home is for the > > > upgrade version. The retail price for the full version of Windows XP > > > Home is $199: > > > > > > http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.aspx?EDC=316255 > > > > You can get the full OEM version for $99 dollars from many places on the > > net. > > http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=335878&Sku=M17-7500 > > > > > > > Then add Office 2003 to that at $369 for the full version: > > > http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.aspx?EDC=539386 > > > > > > $199 + $369 = $568 > > > > OpenOffice does run under MS Windows too. > > > > > --Brent > > > > Don't get me wrong. I know it sounds like I am trying to make a case > > for MS. I am not. Of all the different "flavors" of Linux I have used > > over the past 7 years or so, Red Hat/Fedora is the best IMO. I just > > wish that Red Hat did not drop a viable option for a home user/SOHO > > user. > > > > Jim Drabb > > -- > > --------------------------------------------------------- > > The box said: "Requires Windows 98/2000/NT/XP or better." > > So, I installed LINUX! > > --------------------------------------------------------- > > James Drabb JR > > Senior Programmer Analyst > > Davenport, FL USA > > > quite right there, the soho users are in truth are a pain in the neck. > But we need them for their business > Redhat needs to bring them back into the picture. Alot of what people > use at home they want at work. Because at home they have time to play > and work things out. > When they get to work they want to use the same software! > So it doesn´t matter weather or not it is user friendly. The problem is > Mrs SOHO user wont be able to Setup her box by her self. Let alone find > and install packages. Hell my mom has worked in front of a computer, > shes a property journalist. she still cant reload a printer driver she > cant cut cds and she cant operate a flash stick. > This ladies and gents is the real world. > I support so many uselesses because they give me money but I want to use > Redhat and its just not there. > BUT Fedora now there is a solution that rock my world and people can use > it. I have had to preload and setup various apps for everyone but I can > go to sleep at night. > > Chadley >
