Re: Price of Professional Edition

On Fri, Sep 27, 2002 at 01:04:36PM +0000, Ed wrote:
> $150 for the Professional edition seems expensive the more I think about
> it.  I make sure to purchase from Red Hat because I want to support
> Linux, but these days I can buy a whole computer for $400.  Adding $150
> for the operating system is a 37% increase.  That's only $50 less than
> Win XP Pro.  

The comparison to Win XP Prox is not really fare considering the amount of
software on each as well as the absence of any source on Win XP.  XP Home is
true crippleware (no support for domain security or apparently any at all for
file and printer sharing from what a co-worker experienced, not personally
verified), whereas Red Hat is not (when comparing the 2 versions of RH).

The price being too high is obviously related to ones own monitary situation and
personal opinion.

Isn't the different b/t the regular and professional versions mainly more
printed manuals and more support w/ professional, not removal or inclusion of
functionality?

jason

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