----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Wilts" <ewilts@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 2:01 PM Subject: Re: Redhat Lives > On Mon, Oct 06, 2003 at 01:29:30PM -0500, Brett Franck wrote: > > > > I don't mean to stir up a frenzy here, but I've been following the > > list for the last few days on this Fedora Vs RedHat, and am > > confused.......(to say the least) > > > I've been a HAPPY RedHat user since 7.x, and am trying to glean from > > these posts whether or not I'm going to be able to continue using > > RedHat for my HTTP, SMTP/POP, SAMBA and FTP Needs???!!!!??? I would > > despise going back to Mandrake. (Started there, didn't like it) > > Maybe I've been spoiled by a great FREE product, and want to know if > > it's going to stay that way........ > > > Since I'm not an enterprise customer, will there still be a RedHat > > server product out there for me to continue to use? > > There is Red Hat Linux Professional Workstation. > http://www.redhat.com/software/workstation/ > > This appears to be based on RHEL WS but won't have the RHEL WS pricing - > it will be significantly less and be updated through RHN, not RHEN. > I"ve heard what the pricing might be, and I like it, but I can not > release that info. Let me assure that that it's affordable for most of > us (a few will still not like it since it's not free). The product > already includes a year of up2date services. When the product hits my > local retailer, I will be buying a copy for my personal use. > > It has an http server, both sendmail and postfix, imapd, samba, but no > FTP server. You can, however, install your own FTP server - ssh server > is already included though. > > This product is the answer. We're just waiting for it to hit the > resellers so that we can see final pricing. > > -- > Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA > mailto:ewilts@xxxxxxxxxx > Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > Ed (Wilts & Croft) Thank you both for your replies. After just recently hearing about the "change" in the way things were going to be, confused me slightly. I think the Professional Workstation will work just fine for my needs. Many Broadband Cable/DSL users now host their own Web and Email services to avoid paying additional email POP fees and the like, plus, as long as you register your own domain, you never have to change your address..etc...etc...etc.... All many of the reasons I host my own webserver,emailserver,.etc.etc.... When you consider that I paid almost 200 bucks for Microsoft Front Page V2002 {I know, foolish me...paying for Microsoft Software} last year, I do pay for software that I use.....I would still pay for RedHat, just not Thousands of dollars for an Enterprise product that I'd not use 1/2 of it's available services or capabilities.........(Not that RH Enterprise costs thousands....I don't know what it costs....) I really like RedHat software and would like to see the company suceed (For it's stockholders) and I'm sure it will....Linux has had a big impact on the world, and hasn't even yet begun to smack 'round Microsoft like I'm sure it will in the VERY near future.....(Since IBM and other major vendors are using and backing the Open Source world now....) Brett -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
