I wonder how this will work with Levanta, which uses a common copy of the code for multiple servers. Only configuration files and data are unique to each instance.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Thomas David Rivers > Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 4:22 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [LINUX-390] IBM iSource -- U.S. Announcements > > > "Wolfe, Gordon W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Or does "per install" mean each and every linux server? > > I wonder if this was prompted by the pricing changes RedHat > announced for the up-coming (PC) versions. > > Apparently, they want to start charging for each installed > version of the product... before, companies would buy one > copy and then install it on many machines, which wasn't making > too much money for RedHat. > > There was a write-up in the "News and Observer" (the local > Raleigh, NC newspaper) about it some weeks ago. The article > was comparing this new policy to the typical Microsoft > pricing policy. > > So - if you're charging for each PC - wouldnt' charging > for each "Linux instance" make sense? > > - Dave Rivers - > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Work: (919) 676-0847 > Get your mainframe programming tools at http://www.dignus.com >
