Re: RHEL and third party apps

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On Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 11:20:35AM -0700, Craig Daters wrote:
> My problem is this--how available will third-party applications and 
> software be now, that to have a copy of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 
> requires a purchase? 

It hasn't been a problem with Advanced Server 2.1.

> Who is going to buy a copy of it just to continue development for it? 

Anybody that is serious about supporting a stable product.  

RHEL can be purchased for as low as $50 - I posted a link to a Staples
offer for Red Hat Professional Workstation not that long ago.  The $50
price tag includes a full year of support, making it less expensive than
we used to pay with RHL 6-9 and an RHN subscription.

> Will I find myself unable to install ClamAV because the developers of
> ClamAV don't feel like purchasing RHEL? I understand that this is a
> little dramatic. But inevitably I can see a user who only works with
> RPM's, wanting to have virus scanning capabilities on their server,
> but can't because there is no ClamAV RPM. 

I've had no problems installing and upgrading f-prot on RHEL.

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