On Thursday 02 Oct 2003 4:44 pm, Bryan J. Smith wrote:
Quoting David Holden <dh(a)iucr.org>:
> When fedora is release will I beable to say to my boss, yes we can
> install fedora version "x" and be able to rely on redhat providing
> security updates for the next 2-3 years for that version, or will
> have have to say to my boss if you want a stable OS for 2-3year you
> will have to cough up $345 for system/per year.
First off, the last time I checked, RHEL WS is $179/year (or are you
talking about ES?).
yes ES.
> As far as I know for version of Microsoft OS's your guaranteed >3 years
> use of that OS and security updates are *free*.
> (Yes I know microsoft and security are words that really don't mix :))
Secondly, Microsoft has the volume to sustain security updates on a $99-199
product. Red Hat does not.
Of course which is back to my original post, about the cost of doing this,
assuming the WS edition (>3x179) again $99-199.
*BUT* if you keep your Fedora Core current to at least 6 months, possibly a
year (if I'm reading the details correctly), you _do_ have such updates.
Yes this is find if keeping Fedora core current doesn't break important
things that users are used to, e.g. kde desktop settings etc..
If you need 1-7 years, then you need to purchase a product that will
support the vendor who does it, given the volume they sell at.
Of course and again back to my original post,
Dave
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