On Thu, 6 Nov 2003, Reuben D. Budiardja wrote: > On Thursday 06 November 2003 02:11 am, Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote: > > At 12:11 11/4/2003, you wrote: > > >Red Hat Professional Workstation is not available directly from Red Hat. > > >You can buy a subscription to Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS, but it's > > >twice the price. > > > > I received an email from Red Hat recently offering ES at $350 for two years > > (i.e. two years for the price of one). I don't know if a similar (temporary > > and promotional) offer exists for WS. > > It does. I received an email on my RHN subscribtion account $179 WS for 2 > years. I'm debating whether to go for that or RHPW. Mainly because, well, > after 2 years, do we want to still pay $179 / year? We don't really need > phone/mail/web support, just security updates basically for our server. > > But since RHPW is technically WS, I'd think we can switch to RHPW after the > second year and get the updates there, this is assuming RHPW lifecycle = > WS's, and RHPW = WS even after 2 years of course. According to the RH salesperson I spoke with, there is no renewal on the one-year RHN subscription that comes with RHPW. Obviously, the "life cycle" is the same as RHEW, but you'll be supporting your own installation with downloaded SRPM updates. (That is, *if* this information is accurate and *if* RH doesn't change the support model later. I did add my voice to those clamoring for a low-cost minimal-support subscription service that could support SOHO users and independent developers.) So for the next two years, I'd probably pick the RHEW half-price option, then reveiw. > > RDB > > -- Matthew Saltzman Clemson University Math Sciences mjs AT clemson DOT edu http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
