On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 09:05:28 -0600 "Rodolfo J. Paiz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Sean, in the corporate world you may be right, although even then, it > strikes me that to take market share away from Windows, they should be > cheaper. Given a two-year cycle of upgrades (not that common), it's $360 > > total which means it costs at least as much as Windows XP Professional, > if not more. Same goes for servers, where we upgrade generally every > three years: total cost of ES is $1,050 which was the cost of Windows > licenses I was trying to avoid by moving servers to Red Hat. > Well, you get a better product for that money but you're right it's not exactly cheap. I think it's _fair_ but i agree it might be out of range for some situations. > However, that is not my primary point. What REALLY interests me is this: > I, and thousands upon thousands of people, pay Red Hat $60/system/year > for RHN service on RHL systems (either bought or downloaded). Typically > we pay this for N machines, where probably 1 < N < 10. Together we are > all a market which, in large part, simply cannot or will not afford WS, > ES, AS, or even Mini-X. IMHO, Red Hat NEEDS to make sure that we are > not forgotten or left out in the cold. > You know that RedHat is bound by economic realities. I'm sure if there is a way to provide the services you want and turn a profit they will find a way to provide them. What exactly is it that Fedora does _not_ provide that you are willing to pay RedHat $60.00/server/year to get? > Where, I ask, is RHEL-SS (SOHO Server)? Where is that $99/year price for > SS which could serve as the first step for adoption of RH in corporate > shops, or the only option for adoption of RH in very small shops? I WANT > MY SOHO SERVER!!! Ed mentioned that perhaps such an offering is on the horizon. I'm struggling to imagine how they will differentiate it from Fedora and Enterprise. > > Editor's Note: I have a lot of faith in Red Hat, and I will give them > every possible benefit of the doubt. I also recognize that the just > launched Fedora Core YESTERDAY, and that we have worked ourselves into a > lather in only 24 hours. So I will wait patiently for them to issue lots > of other announcements which I'm sure will make things clearer. But > today, at this point, so far, I do not see a product offering from RH > which I can be _sure_ meets my needs and price point. THIS is my > concern. Agreed. Regards, Sean -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
