On Thu, Aug 29, 2002 at 09:16:26AM -0700, Robert Monical wrote:
> I installed RedHat 7.2 last night: boxed set.
> When I tried to run up2date wu-ftpd I get a message (this was midnight
> Pacific time).
> Due to extremely high traffic.............
>
> I then found the place to register a 30 day subscription to software
> updates from the Product Activation Card.
>
> This morning I was able to execute up2date wu-ftpd.
>
> At $60/year for a basic subscription RHN becomes more expensive than
> Win2K-Pro ($165/updates are free). Less if you have a bunch of NT 4 WS
> licenses to upgrade, as do I. The numbers make more sense when compared to
> Win2K Server pricing. Note that u$oft Licensing allows me to run Oracle on
> Win2k Pro and I am not detecting any ill effects in our environment.
A WinXP Pro license retails for $199. No volume license will give you a
full license - they're all upgrade licenses. A new release comes out
every few years. Do the math based on a 3 or 5 year cycle.
Note that up2date is optional. You can freely ftp the updates any time
and apply them. up2date is an extra service to help you manage those
updates, something that neither Sun nor Microsoft offer.
> 2. Pay more than for Solaris Intel and Win2K Pro to have a critical update
> service.
Nope - all the critical updates are free. What you pay for the smooth
integration of those updates, and for a single system, even those are
free.
> Was my experience with up2date last night an anomaly?
Not really. I see this whenever a large batch of updates come through.
If I have Internet-facing servers that are at risk because those updates
aren't applied, I simply ftp the patches down and apply them, then later
on do an up2date -p to bring the package list up to date.
.../Ed
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