On Mon, 2003-11-03 at 11:28, Chris Kissinger wrote: > Doh, true. I'm so used to focusing on the server aspect I forget a ton of > people here can use the Workstation version. > > Still makes you wonder what their target market is with this. It certainly > is going to deter home users from changing over when they can get WinXP for > near the same cost and they'll get more support using it. As far as business > users that are going to be savy enough to use it... why would they pay for > it when they can get a different flavor for free?
Chris, I think they are aiming at the suits and not the home user. I have a feeling that Red Hat is looking to make their money by slaughtering Microsoft on the enterprise desktop and server. WinXP Pro (Workstation Win32) Retail: $299 (http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=285740&pfp=BROWSE) Win2003 Server SE Retail: $999 (http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=303208&pfp=BROWSE) vs. Red Hat Linux WS: $179 Red Hat Linux ES (Midrange server): $349 No support on either, except patches and updates. Sounds like a slaughter to me... Mark _______________________________________________ RLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug
