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Subject: Re: RH 70 and $9.95
From: Rick Forrister <rickf@crow.jpl.nasa.gov>
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 08:05:23 -0700
alehman@gbutler.com said:
> I beg to differ on RH not making money on the software. After being
> annoyed at how quickly 6.2 followed 6.1, I waited until about 3 weeks
> ago to buy 6.2. I have 6.1 pro for which I paid roughly $80. I wanted
> to continue to using SWS, but now to do that it was going to cost me
> $179. I finally bit the bullet. Now three weeks later, I'm having to
> cough up another $179 to stay current with 7.0?
Alan, you might want to contact sales at Red Hat. At least with all
past releases those who had purchased the "current" distribution within
a 2 month period before the release were entitled to a discounted or
free price on the new release.
> a. Why isn't there an significant upgrade program? b. Why is the price
> increasing so rapidly?
a. Take a look at <http://www.redhat.com/products/software/linux/>
you'll see the update program there, _finally_!
b. Basic distro: $29.95
Deluxe distro: $79.95
Server distro: $179.95
Oracle distro: $2500.00
High Availability: $1995.00
Update service: $19.95
> Don't get me wrong, it is still a tremendous value for the money. I
> contend that it's not that much less than some other server OS's - you
> just pay for it in smaller increments.
Ever tried to download _any_ MS distro for free??? Or updates for same?
Or go to Cheapbytes and get an upgrade copy for $5.00? Won't happen.
With the exception of the services, which can be purchased separately,
or things like Oracle, it's all available for free. The only problem
with free is you pay for it by investing time. Hence the new RH
Network,
where you pay for auto update services and let them do the chasing.
Personally, I would look at what the real differences are, and purchase
whatever meets my needs. In your case, I'd contact sales about the
past practice of free/cheap upgrades for recent purchasers, and work
up from there.
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Subject: Re: RH 70 and $9.95
From: Gavin <durman@XAVIER.XU.EDU>
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 11:28:19 -0400
I'm already dealing with the SWS issue, and according to technical
pre-sales, SWS is now included in EVERY version of RH7. The RPM comes with
every level.
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