Re: [OS:N:] RE: N:] RE: Updating Expensive?

A $60 USD subscription to Red Hat Network (RHN) gives you an additional
"entitlement" on top of your "free" entitlement.  So basically, you can
entitle two systems at one time.  You can have other machine profiles
subscribed and added to your service, but they can only be updated two
at a time.  

You would just run up2date on two machines, let them finish, switch your
two entitlements to two other machines using the web GUI and click
submit, and run up2date on those two machines.  I don't know what the
limit is for the number of machines that can be profiled in this
manner.  I've had up to five profiles at one time, and have updated them
all in this fashion.

Also, keep in mind that $60/yr (really $30/yr if you have two machines)
gives you a desktop OS, server OS, office suite, web server, database
server, email server, development languages (C, C++, Perl, PHP,
Fortran), multiple development IDE's, and many other productivity
applications that would be a measurable cost addition to a basic Windows
license.

-Todd


On Fri, 2003-10-10 at 07:56, Brian E. Adams wrote:
> If you figure the cost of Windows is fixed and the cost of RHN is annual,
> then you're right, it can get more expensive.
> 
> However, to RedHat's credit, you can have a single machine subscribed to RHN
> via RedHat's demo account.  You'll be required to fill out surveys
> periodically, but if running Linux is your goal, this is a small price to
> pay.
> 
>  
> Sincerely,
> Brian E. Adams
> MCSE+I, MSCE:Security, MCSD.NET, MCDBA, MCSA:Security, MCAD, CCNP
> [email protected]



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