[NTLUG:Discuss] red hat decommissioning and no new linux distros planned

[fredjame]

Chris Cox wrote:

> fredjame wrote:
> ...
>
>> With the recent announcement of Red Hat Enterprise Linux v.3, you'll
>> find migrating to Enterprise Linux appealing.
>> <<
>> ...plus a discount offer if I buy before the end of February 2004.
>>
>> A search on www.redhat,com found the following pricing:
>> WS - $179, ES - $349, and AS - $1499 -- I don't believe that reflects 
>> the discount.
>>
>>
>
> Just remember, the path for the consumer line is Fedora.. and not
> the RHEL line.  Btw... AFAICT, the only server product worth having
> is the RHAS $1499 one.  The worst positioned one IMHO is the
> RHES... who's going to buy that one?  And obvioulsy the RHWS
> product just doesn't have the server software pieces that we all
> love to play with.
>
> The good news is that $1499 (talking about just the x86 32-bit
> version of course) is not that bad for most companies.
>
> If you want a consumer based Linux in a box, with pretty
> good support (and update support that is EVEN better than
> RHAS).. take a look a SUSE.  Even SLES is about half the
> price of the RHEL line.
>
> Otherwise, I'd give the Fedora thing a fair chance.  You might
> find it to be better (in fact, since Fedora will likely
> support their product, it just has to be better than the late
> model RH).

Thanks for the info - I am happy since switching to Mandrake, but I'll 
definitely give Fedora a look see.


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