Erik Williamson wrote:
I've recently been asked/told to limit OS releases to every 2 years. I feel that this is fair.
You might want to sit down and make sure there are no breakable objects nearby.
http://fedora.redhat.com/about/rhel.html Fedora Project: Update Lifetime 2-3 months after next release
Now...before you go into a hulkish rage. Look at http://fedora.redhat.com/participate/terminology.html
Fedora Legacy definition. If you are interested in seeing Fedora Legacy support for your boxen to the tune of the 2 year span you are interested in....you need to be part of the discussion and part of the community legacy effort sooner rather than later.
Other options of course is to talk to Red Hat sales about working out some licensing options. I'm pretty sure Red Hat a rep has been on the fedora mailing list saying they are willing to talk about .edu about discussing things.
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2003-September/msg00133.html
-jef
You might want to sit down and make sure there are no breakable objects nearby.
Heh, thanks for the chuckle - I needed that!
Other options of course is to talk to Red Hat sales about working out some licensing options. I'm pretty sure Red Hat a rep has been on the fedora mailing list saying they are willing to talk about .edu about discussing things.
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2003-September/msg00133.html
I agree with Tom's posting here, quite well written. I spoke with couple reps from RedHat and there's a deal whereby if you buy the RHEL Proxy ($2500 USD, incl RHAS), you can get Enterprise workstation for $25 USD/seat in quantities over 100.
That's one hell of a price break - so 100 seats comes out to $5000 - Which I feel is a good price. Unfortunately the Head of the Department doesn't. He also doesn't understand that it's going to cost a good chunk of change to migrate to another distro in terms of worker hours.
I absolutely love Redhat. Sadly enough - the way things are going, it's really going to suck having to stop using it here. Make no mistake! I'm not blaming redhat for this.
Thanks for your response, Erik.
Wow, this has grown to be quite the discussion.
Here's something that I naively forgot about: When purchasing RHEL, you are getting a *subscription* for the year. This must be renewed every year. I inquired about what would happen if one was to (after one year) simply get the SRPMS that are released as updates, compile ad redistribute to existing machines... but that's a no-no.
Once again, you cannot blame RedHat for this; this is sound business practice. I was just coming from the land of "once you buy it, it's yours" thinking. MS essentially does the same thing, I'll bet Sun does too.
But, having to tell the higher-ups that it's not a one-time cost will be a fun one; something for all to keep in mind...
e.
I inquired about what would happen if one was to (after one year) simply get the SRPMS that are released as updates, compile ad redistribute to existing machines... but that's a no-no.
And "no-no" means what? Will they take your birthday away for using GPL'd code that they put on a public mirror?
-Chuck
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