It's basically for large(r) companies who need things like support agreements, SLAs, update contracts (ie: don't stop upgrades after x years.. MS does theirs for 8 or so years!). and vendor certification (you will not be allowed to run Oracle and stuff on Fedora - gotta be on a 'certified' distro). Martin On Sun, 12 Sep 2004 16:50:54 -0700, Adam Boettiger <adam.boettiger@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I almost hate to ask this question on this list, but I've looked in the > archives and can't find it. I've looked at this chart here: > http://www.redhat.com/software/rhelorfedora/ > > My question is: > > Other than getting the paid support, is there any real reason to buy > Redhat Enterprise Linux WS or Redhat Linux Desktop as opposed to just > using Fedora IN A DESKTOP ENVIRONMENT? (not a server) > > The comparison chart doesn't really do a great job of prompting me to > take out my credit card. I don't get it. Is it just that the commercial > versions are supposedly more stable and have more packages available for > them or ... ? > > If this question has been asked before, just tell me so and shoot me the > URL off-list or on-list and I'll happily RTFM, but I have looked and no > can find. > > AB > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
