Okay, I stand corrected on that point. However, this begs the question of a reasonable errata/security fix update until EoL price. Since for support reasons (internal), a business is going to tend to stay frozen on a release for multiple years, WS is a pricier option than XP. If I am going to go at least two years between upgrades, I have the option of spending $179 once on XP or twice on WS in order to have access to errata and security updates. RH needs to price this below M$ if they want to make a serious in road into the business environment. In the same vein, $60 per year is fairly pricey for what they are no marketing as the throw away consumer version. I do not deny the value of RHN, but they need to offer the critical subset at a lower cost. -- 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 Bill Nottingham Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 4:52 PM To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Red Hat EW Licensing Ed Wilts (ewilts@xxxxxxxxxx) said: > On Wed, Apr 09, 2003 at 03:54:13PM -0400, Michael Brown wrote: > > 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. > > Yes that have. The subscription costs include all product updates, > including feature updates. After all, you could simply start over since > it's the same fee every year. For standard subscriptions, upgrades to future product releases during the subscription periods are included. Bill -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
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