[wplug] White Box Linux

[Vanco, Don]

This will adress the change in costs:
https://rhn.redhat.com/help/rhlmigrationfaq/
<https://rhn.redhat.com/help/rhlmigrationfaq/> 
 
Currently, update serivces are in place for as little as $20/machine... but
after the death of RHL9 in April of '04 the prices will change - to the
levels you mention.  I personally think pricing this steep is suicide.....
but who can tell what people are willing to pay.  I _can_ tell you that we
get a lot more queries about SuSE these days compared to a year ago..
 
Don

-----Original Message----- 
From: wplug-admin at wplug.org on behalf of James O'Kane 
Sent: Tue 12/9/2003 6:31 PM 
To: wplug at wplug.org 
Cc: 
Subject: RE: [wplug] White Box Linux



On 9 Dec 2003, Carl B. wrote:
> Let me rephrase that.  It is disheartening to see many folks walk away
> from RH Linux because of RH's moves.  I guess in a way this is a
> testament to RH, as it seems they we able to capture many users /
> businesses that depended on their product.  It is inevitable that those
> users who want to walk away from RH Linux will either pony up the $ for
> RHEL or move to something else.  I have tried Fedora, BTW, and I do like
> it.  I am anxious to see the release of Fedora Core 2.

I'm not sure where I personally stand on this, but to summarize a thread I
read on another list. The price has gone from $60 per machine per year to
$179 or more without a matching increase in service. I don't remember what
he was comparing, but I remember reading six-fold increase, so he must be
using different numbers.

-james


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