On Wed, 2003-09-24 at 00:58, Karasik, Vitaly wrote: > I'd like to clarify few things regarding RHEL pricing [and not, I don't work for RH > :-)]: > > - you pay $179 for WS , $349 for ES and $1500 for AS just once and not per-year
That's not my understanding and is (IMO) much of the reason for all the discussion about the "gap" between Fedora & RHEL >From RH's own website: "Red Hat's Enterprise Linux family of operating systems is available on a per-system, annual subscription basis. The subscriptions are offered in three editions: Basic, Standard, and Premium -- each with varying support levels and delivery options -- so you can choose the subscription combination that best meets the needs of your business. Annual Subscription Pricing and Availability:" http://www.redhat.com/software/rhel/purchase/ > - RHEN subscription is just $96 per system per year, > there are few discounts for multi-servers sites I don't see that a subscription to RHEN gets you updates to RHEL. AFAICT, the enterprise subscription level to RHN lets you have multiple administrators, manage your servers in groups and whatnot, regardless of whether you're running RHL or RHEL. With a basic RHN subscription you manage each server individually and are allowed only one "administrator" account for your RHN login. I think the naming of RHEL and RHEN has caused a *lot* of confusion. I'd *love* to be wrong about all this - I can see paying $349/server as a one time cost to purchase RHEL ES and then $96/year/server for RHEN to keep them them updated. This is somewhat typical for other software - you purchase the software for $X and a "maintenance" or "support" contract is available for $Y/year, where $Y is a percentage of $X (as opposed to the entire $X again each year.) Sometimes these contracts includes version updates, sometimes not. Please note that I would NOT expect support from RH at this price, just updates (errata RPM's) delivered via RHN (or RHEN if you prefer). If I wanted support I'd have to step up to the "standard" edition of RHEL ES for $799. -Eric, who would like to be wrong about the pricing, but suspects he isn't. :-( -- Eric Sisler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Library Applications Specialist Westminster Public Library Westminster, CO USA Linux - Don't fear the Penguin. Want to know what we use Linux for? Visit http://gromit.westminster.lib.co.us/linux -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
