Panther for $129 is cheap! Red Hat wants $179!
http://www.redhat.com/software/rhel/purchase/index.html
Red Hat announced that it stop providing free distributions. The cheapest version of Red Hat Enterprose Linux is the Workstation edition for $179!
In terms of sunctionality this in no way a match for Panther.
There's 2 ways to see this_
- Panther is actually cheap (or seeeling big number into a good market ;-) )
- Red Hat is nuts ... ehem overcharging for "free" software
I personally think Panther is a good deal for a new purchase. I just wish Apple would offer upgrade pricing or something like a subscription. As mentioned before a combind .mac and OS X subscription would be really cool!
Red Hat announced that it stop providing free distributions. The cheapest version of Red Hat Enterprose Linux is the Workstation edition for $179!
In terms of sunctionality this in no way a match for Panther.
There's 2 ways to see this_
- Panther is actually cheap (or seeeling big number into a good market ;-) )
- Red Hat is nuts ... ehem overcharging for "free" software
I personally think Panther is a good deal for a new purchase. I just wish Apple would offer upgrade pricing or something like a subscription. As mentioned before a combind .mac and OS X subscription would be really cool!
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Its cheap for a new OS, but not if you bought Panther less than a year ago...
Originally posted by stupider...likeafox
Cheapest Red Hat (i.e. free) = http://fedora.redhat.com/
:ROFL: where's support? Automatic patching (read SoftwareUpdate)? Potentially Ximian RedCarpet could step in ...
i don't know, i tend to think 129 bucks for an OPERATING SYSTEM is a frickin bargain compared to what other software costs these days.
Oh well, business is business.
Originally posted by BNOYHTUAWB
:ROFL: where's support? Automatic patching (read SoftwareUpdate)? Potentially Ximian RedCarpet could step in ...
It will use RedHat's up2date program.
And it's not like it's hard to find any support for any lunix distro anywhere...
If this works out well for RedHat, then I'm happy for them. They're a great company.
Originally posted by ryaxnb
They're turning free redhat into free fedora. both are free.
... at the cost that you loose the free Red Hat Network account which allows you to manage the patches for the box. It was possible to have a free account up on RHN, you just had to take a survey every 60 days!
There will be nothing comparable to that for fedora!
Originally posted by BNOYHTUAWB
... at the cot that you loose the free Red Hat Network account which allows you to manage the patches for the box. It was possible to have a free account up on RHN, you just had to take a survey every 60 days!
There will be nothing comparable to that for fedora!
Honestly, why do you even care? It's FREE! You're seriously going to sit there and bitch about something that RedHat is giving away? Do you have any idea how much work they've put into it?
http://fedora.redhat.com/download/updates.html
Fedora Updates
If any security updates, bugfix updates, and new feature updates are available, they can be downloaded from:
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pu.../core/updates/
In this directory, there is a directory for each release number. For example, for Fedora Core Release 1, there is a 1/ directory.
These updates can also be downloaded using the Red Hat Update Agent (up2date).
So quit whining. Goddamn.