On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 11:27:23AM -0600, Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote: [...] > 1. You had the free package available for, well, free, and Red Hat > did not provide automatic updates. However, you _could_ get those using > other tools like yum, current, and apt-get. Fedora will still be free, > still downloadable, _and_ the community will ensure that apt-get, yum, and > current work well. Gained a little, lost nothing. > > 2. You could get auto updates from Red Hat for $60/year. Now you > can get auto updates from Fedora for $0/year. Gained a savings of $60/year, > lost nothing (just changed the command you run from "up2date" to "apt-get" > or something else). Red Hat loses here, not you. > > The one that shouldn't be mixed in: > > 3. You could move to an entirely different product which is RHEL, > with entirely different pricing, capabilities, and support. Gain or loss is > irrelevant, since this option should not be compared to RHL/Fedora anyway. > Windows Advanced Server, Oracle Enterprise, even Acura/Honda provide > comparisons... RHEL is a different animal, and the fact that it costs more > makes no difference since, if you really needed it, you would have bought > it anyway even if there had been an RHL 10.
And for completeness' sake: 4. You could also check whether there's another Linux distro out there that suits your needs better. Fortunately, RH is not the only player. SCNR, Thomas -- ==> RH List Archive: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=redhat-list&r=1&w=2 <== ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Ribbrock http://www.ribbrock.org "You have to live on the edge of reality - to make your dreams come true!" -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
