WS is directly comparable with XP Pro (which is usually available on sale someplace for $179 for the upgrade). It does not have the server side tools, you need ES or AS for those. All of the side application tools (word processor, etc.) are really not part of the argument either since you could use open office with windows if you chose. The bottom line is that Redhat wants to charge the same price per year as M$ wants to charge until product EoL. Redhat has not made any commitment that if you have subscribed to WS2.1, they will let you move to WSx.y vs. having you subscribe to WSx.y the next year. RH needs to provide a mechanism for getting only errata and security updates until product EoL for a one-time reasonable cost. The rest of the benefits to subscribing to RHN could be priced separately. -- Michael Brown Glen Raven, Inc./Info Services Senior Oracle DBA 1831 N. Park Ave Phone: (336)586-1146 Glen Raven, NC 27217 Fax: (336)586-1382 mbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: shrike-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:shrike-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Rodolfo J. Paiz Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 9:38 PM To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Red Hat EW Licensing At 07:01 PM 4/8/2003 -0500, you wrote: >Well, I suppose when you look at it from an M$ point of view. I can pay >$200 for a copy of Windows and still get updates for it for the next 3-5 >years. Instead with RedHat I'll have to pay $179 a year for the next 3-5 >years. I don't think you're being fair at all. The product you get for $179 a year from Red Hat (Advanced Server, IIRC) does not compete with a $200 copy of Windows XP Personal. Instead, it competes with a $1,000 copy of Windows XP Server (with 5 clients, no database, no email, no messaging...) or a $3,000 copy of Windows with a database and messaging. So break-even point is either 5.5 years, or up to 16 years depending on configuration. Still looks waaaay cheaper to me to use Red Hat. And more robust and stable, too. -- Rodolfo J. Paiz rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
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