Steven Bradley wrote: > The short form - I've not been able to freshly install Fedora Core 4 > completely, with the Everything option used AND install all of the available > updates, without some error or errors preventing the successful completion. Can't really offer any advice here -- I've never done an "Everything" install. My installs are usually "Minimal" and, occasionally, a "Workstation" install. > During my hunt for answers, I learned of the 30 day eval for the enterprise > version of the AS server product. Since I take at 6-8 hours of college > credit a semester to maintain my Micro$oft $kill$, I am eligible to also > spend $50 on the academic offer they have. I plan to take courses for the > next several years, hence I am eligible to install and maintain their AS > product for $50 per year if it works. Aye, same here. As a staff member at an .edu, I'm eligible for this. I just purchased it a while back for my personal use, then purchased it for use at $work. > It appears the Red Hat Linux Enterprise AS product is available as an eval > for 30 days free, as an academic priced for $50 a year, and as a commercial > product priced at some much higher price. Yep. > Is it the same binary product (ie CDs) used for all three classes of user? > Ie, same CDs for the eval, as for the academic, as for the commercial, with > the only difference being the price paid and level or no technical support > included? No idea WRT the eval. I know that when I purchased the academic license, I was sent to a download page to download ISO images for the four CDs for AS. AFAICT, they're the exact same ISO images you would get if you purchased the (full-price) commercial version. > It appears this may be the case. Same software, priced by support or class > of user only. That's the impression I get. > Assuming above is true, then it would appear also correct that the $50 a > year is for a subscription to their update server to download updates, > correct? Yep, because you don't get support with the Academic License. > I guess there are some advantages to continuing to take college credit > courses each year, those academic savings sure add up! Indeed! Microsoft does the same thing with the Academic Pricing for its products. I purchased personal copies of Windows XP Pro and Office 2003 Pro for <$10. > All help will be appreciated. I really do not want to leave Red Hat Linux, > but it appears it has some problems. I've successfully installed the > Micro$oft $erver 2003 on the same hardware and it installs and runs without > any problems of any kind. Best of luck. HTH, -j -- Jeremy L. Gaddis <jeremy@xxxxxxxxxxxx> "If it's not on fire, it's a software problem."
