I installed RedHat 7.2 last night: boxed set. When I tried to run up2date wu-ftpd I get a message (this was midnight Pacific time). Due to extremely high traffic.............
I then found the place to register a 30 day subscription to software updates from the Product Activation Card. This morning I was able to execute up2date wu-ftpd. At $60/year for a basic subscription RHN becomes more expensive than Win2K-Pro ($165/updates are free). Less if you have a bunch of NT 4 WS licenses to upgrade, as do I. The numbers make more sense when compared to Win2K Server pricing. Note that u$oft Licensing allows me to run Oracle on Win2k Pro and I am not detecting any ill effects in our environment. I'm looking hard at RedHat because Solaris Intel is fading away, especially RAID controller support. For the last couple of years, Sun was charging $75 for media kits. Critical updates are available for free, but not nearly as slick as RHN and up2date. So, this first look indicates that to adopt RedHat as a database/Web server platform: 1. I have to come up the RedHat/Linux learning curve. 2. Pay more than for Solaris Intel and Win2K Pro to have a critical update service. Was my experience with up2date last night an anomaly? If I try to bring a couple more RH systems up to evaluate in my environment, will I need to purchase Basic RHN subscriptions to get things like an ftp daemon and critical updates? TIA for your help figuring out the deployment model RH. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
