Re: Plea for a reasonable RHASv3 license option
Don MacAskill <onethumb-nfKECZwBYRZWk0Htik3J/[email protected]>
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[email protected] wrote: > On Fri, 29 Aug 2003, Daniel Wittenberg wrote: > > >>So you are saying that you buy an additional RHN license besides the RHN license >>that comes with AS? So you want less support than what comes with "Standard >>Edition"? To me it sounds like you are buying more than you need to, but maybe >>I don't understand. >> >>Dan >> > > > If you look at the invoice RedHat provides, they are separate product > numbers and you pay for them separately. What I want is to be able to > take a RedHat AS 3.0 cd, install it on a server (at home or at work, which > I believe is legal??) and purchase support+rhn for those > servers/workstations that I wish to have supported, but be able to > buy JUST RHN for those devices I don't want/need tech support. > If I'm understanding the issue correctly, I'm in the same boat. I'd like to buy and use RHEL AS. It costs $1499 as an annual subscription, I believe, and there's no one-time options. It includes software images (RHEL AS CDs), support (web, phone, SLA, etc), and software updates (RHN up2date, etc). I would love to, instead, have the option to pay some reduced rate ($999? $599?) per year and simply get the software (RHEL AS) and updates (up2date). Even some mechanism where it's the full $1499 for the first year and some reduced rate for just RHN updates for each successive year would be a step in the right direction. As it is, I would end up paying some large $$ amount for support that I would never use. I want the software (Piranha especially) that AS supports, and I want the nice warm comfort blanket of RedHat's installers, up2date, etc. I'm willing to pay for it, whatever RedHat feels is fair. They do a lot of work to make such a great distro, and deserve to get paid. But I don't feel like I'm getting my money's worth when I'm paying for support. Software, fine. People support, not fine. Sure would be great if RedHat offered some in-between. Don http://onethumb.smugmug.com/ -- Taroon-beta-list mailing list [email protected] http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/taroon-beta-list