[lug] Redhat Enterprise Linux

[Michael Belanger]

Is it possible that we would be buying support and value-added services 
rather than the actual code/binaries?  Depending on what they are 
charging,  the cost could be augmented by the use of GPL software.  So.. 
If it were all Redhat, the cost may be double or triple what they plan 
on charging.

I don't feel that when you are buying a distribution of linux you are 
actually buying GPL'd software.

There are a lot of things that I can see as value-added when you buy 
various linux distributions.  I believe this was probably mentioned in 
other posts as well.

Dollar for Dollar, I think it is cheaper to buy Red-hat than it is to 
download all the source and compile/test/configure all that yourself -- 
especially if you are 'on the clock'.  $25/hour for your time?  10 hours 
of compiling?  do the math.  $100 is cheap.

Just MHO.

:)

-Michael Belanger
DB Programmer/Systems Administrator - Cassini Imaging and Operations
JABBER: 	mrb at jabber.ciclops.swri.edu
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Tom Tromey wrote:
>>>>>>"Michael" == Michael D Hirsch <mhirsch at nubridges.com> writes:
> 
> 
>>>I believe the Enterprise versions are subject to one license for every
>>>machine it is installed on.  So you want 10 servers, you pay for 10
>>>licenses.
> 
> 
> Michael> How can they justify this?  They are distributing GPLed code,
> Michael> so why can't I just pay for one and install it on 10 or 100
> Michael> machines?  I can only ask for support on 1, of course, but is
> Michael> there any legalities keeping me from doing multiple installs?
> 
> I don't know the answer about the justification, I suggest you ask Red
> Hat sales.
> 
> I looked here:
> 
>     http://www.redhat.com/software/rhel/ws/
> 
> It sounds like part of the package is RHN access.  So perhaps the
> "license" is an RHN access, which is per-machine.  Again, you'd have
> to ask, I'm not in the sales organization, and I'm lucky to even know
> what I'm doing on my own project :-)
> 
> Tom
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