[ale] Re: Red Hat scare tactics

[Jeff Layton]

Chris Ricker wrote:

> On Thu, 16 Oct 2003, Michael D. Hirsch wrote:
>
> > I haven't checked, but I suspect that the RHN is only provided for 
> one system,
> > not all of them.  In fact, I believe that they claim you can only 
> install on
> > one system, so the $179/sys if the proper estimate above.  It is 
> cheaper that
> > $199, but not by much.
> >
> > OTOH, is is $179/sys/year.  That's right, it is a yearly fee.  With 
> XP you are
> > only expected to pay to upgrade every 2-5 years.  That makes XP 
> cheaper.
>
> It is one system, and it is per year. If you need lots of systems, the 
> price
> goes down substantially per system...
>

Are you sure? (I'm not questioning you, I've just never heard
this). I'm looking at solutions to replace RH 7.3 on our clusters
(in total we have something like 1200 CPUs or about 600 boxes).

Thanks!

Jeff

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Dr. Jeff Layton
Aerodynamics and CFD
Lockheed-Martin Aeronautical Company - Marietta