Re: [PLUG] Redhat Flame

["Darren Nickerson" <darren.nickerson@ifax.com>]

Was CentOS not an option for you when that happened?

-d

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sean C. Sheridan" <scs@CampusClients.com>
To: "Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List" 
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Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 3:37 PM
Subject: [PLUG] Redhat Flame


> Please do NOT support redhat.
>
> I ran all my servers on redhat, and then one day... out of the blue...
> they decided to start charging thousands of dollars per server per year.
>
> It is far cheaper to buy Windows Server software than to buy Redhat's
> overpriced products.
>
>
> Sean C. Sheridan
> scs@CampusClients.com
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>
>
>
> > On 7/9/07, Art Alexion <art.alexion@verizon.net> wrote:
> > > I work in a windows shop.  We have been informed by our PC vendor that
> > > only
> > > Vista will be available as of January.  As IS and the users will all be
> > > forced into a change, we decided to explore non-MS alternatives,
> > > including
> > > Linux distros with windows-looking interfaces and Mac OS.
> > ...
> >  > And, what suggestions for a Linux desktop distro that minimizes the
> > shock to
> > > reluctant converts from windows?
> >
> > Check out "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Desktop."
> > http://www.redhat.com/rhel/desktop/details/
> >
> > Red Hat makes a nice polished product that has a good chance of
> > satisfying Windows users.   I'm not especially thrilled with RHEL in
> > general, but it has one thing that most other linux distros don't:
> > name brand tech support.   I've used the tech support and had mixed
> > results.  Sometimes you get and expert who can quickly solve your
> > problem and sometimes you don't.  I've had better luck with the phone
> > support staff than with the web support staff.  The important part is
> > that the tech support is there and that just makes managers sleep
> > easier.
> >
> > Austin
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