[OS:N:] RE: N:] Updating expensive????

This all depends on what you want to believe and how you have things
configured.

I support a local elementary school that is running a single RH Linux 7.2
server that provides all of the following to the Administration, Teachers, &
Students:

    Web based email & Internal Calendar - Open Source - OpenWebMail
    Central file storage - Linux Srvr running Samba
    Central & Class Calendars - Linux Open Source - WebCal
    HTTP Server - School & Class Web Pages - Linux Apache
    Central OnLine Library Card Catalog - Follett Software on Linux (not
open source)
    Browser Content Filtering - WebSense/Cisco PIX/Linux (not open source)
    Shared Network Printing - HP
    AntiVirus - Grisoft AVG - Grant to school by Grisoft
    Server EMail AntiVirus - Open Source(MailScanner) & McAfee
    Many others....

Try to do all that on a single Windows server.

To keep the server updated we subscribe to the RHN for either $60 or $65 per
year.   That is all we pay period.  If we had multiple RH servers or
workstations then we would put up our own internal update system for all
workstations/servers.  We would still subscribe to RHN for the main server
but all else would be serviced inhouse.

I'm sure this is going to be an active thread.

stew


-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Omar Olivos
Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 9:34 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [OS:N:] Updating expensive????



I've just been told that paying for RHN gets as expensive as buying
Windows and using Windows Update.
Is that true??



Omar



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