Re: Support for SIIG PCI IDE - Ultra DMA 66 / HPT366 chipset

J Jokerst wrote:
> Ian,
> 
> My bad ... I know Red Hat has the ability to upgrade from 7.x to 8.0 via
> software. The question I should have asked was an upgrade of the CDs from
> 7.x to 8.0. Is there a special purchase price, upgrade, for CDs for existing
> Red Hat customers. Again, the issue is download time for the ISO images on a
> 56K dial-up. I know most of customers probably just download the next
> version via the Internet.
> 
> I hate to use this example ... but .... The folks in Redmond offer an
> upgrade from Win 9x to Win 2k or WinXP. You do NOT have to pay for the full
> retail price for a new version of the OS. Does Red Hat have a similar
> upgrade option for purchase rather than download?
> 
> I assume the answer is to buy the full retail version. Is that correct?

Yes, you need to buy the full retail version.  There is no upgrade 
price.  Compared to the $100 for a Windows upgrade, and $350+ for the 
full version, $40 seems quite resonable for a Red Hat full version.

Forrest
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