On Mon, 2003-11-10 at 17:52, Brent wrote: > > > > At this time, RHPW or RHWS is still in the lead for server > > installations. The only thing holding me back from making a formal > > recommendation to my existing "community"-based clients is RH's > > indecisions regarding the future of RHPW. > > I'm under the impression that the only remaining question is what > happens at the end of RHPW's 1 year license... And that's exactly what I'm referring to, sorry for the vagueness. > Here's my amateur speculation: Therein lies the problem, I can't invest in speculation, and many of my clients running RH 7.x-9 are quickly approach EOL. > Therefore, RHPW should also have a 5 year lifecycle... so there will be > 2 scenarios: > 1) Red Hat allows you to renew RHPW at some dollar value.... (maybe 60 > bucks???) > 2) You have to buy another boxed product in 1 year, and re-register your > system to continue up2date service. (current price is 88 bucks at > buy.com) > > Either of those are pretty darn simple (and relatively cheap for an OS > of this caliber).... Honestly, the problem is that I'm unsure whether RH will still offer RHPW a year from now. They seem to be shooting from the hip, unaware what the next year might bring. > You might argue, "but I have several hundred systems... I don't want to > re-register...." That's fine.... If you have several hundred systems, > why aren't you talking to your RH sales dude to get a break on the cost > of RHEL3 ES? Because I don't have clients with several hundred systems. I have clients with different needs and concerns. In order to serve them best, I need to be wholly familiar with my vendor's product offerings. If RHPW wasn't an option, I'd tell them all to use RHWS/ES (depending on server needs). Look, I'm not asking for anyone's input on this matter. As others will attest, this horse has been beaten many times over. But a couple of people asked for my opinion, so I felt obliged to report what I'd experienced. -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
