On Mon, 2003-11-10 at 18:23, Jason Dixon wrote: > > 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. > Red Hat has offered their OS in the retail channel for years now. I think the fact that RHPW is offered only strengthens the commitment to the retail channel. > > 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). I know you aren't seeking input, but I thought of 2 more ideas, and don't want them to go to waste... :) 1) YOU subscribe to RHN on behalf of your clients... that way you get the bulk discount (starts with as few as 5 machines, I think) 2) Since RHPW=RHEL3WS you are at the very least buying your clients 1 more year to decide what their move should be. The migration is pretty simple (compared to moving to another distro, that is). I upgraded one of my clients from 8.0 to RHEL3 ES over the wire using up2date.... Rebooted to the new kernel, and they were now running the new OS. They had about 3 minutes of downtime. People are complaining about the churn that Red Hat is causing, but, at least in my opinion, even with the latest changes, they are still more consistent, and more predictable than other distros... including SuSe. This shift is going to allow them to improve on that position. > > 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 -- Brent Langston <brentley@xxxxxxxxxxxx> GPG ID: 1024D/09D551AC Fingerprint: A05E 32DF 9EDF 45F3 25AA 3E74 7678 CE7A 09D5 51AC
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