RE: Red Hat Linux 9 - the end is very near - 6 months

["Waldher, Travis R" <Travis R Waldher boeing com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris A Czerwinski [mailto:chrisczerwinski cogeco ca] 
> Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 11:41 AM
> To: redhat-install-list redhat com
> Subject: Re: Red Hat Linux 9 - the end is very near - 6 months
> 
> 
> On Mon, 2003-11-03 at 14:08, Rick Stevens wrote:
> > Chris A Czerwinski wrote:
> > > Hello fellow Red Hatters,
> > > 
> > > On this sad day Red has finally announced by email -
> > > About the upcoming discontinuation of Red Hat Linux.
> > > Red Hat will discontinue maintenance and errata support
> > > for Red Hat Linux as of April 30, 2004 and 
> > > does not plan to release another product in the Red Hat 
> Linux line.
> > 
> > Not true.  The name changes, true, but the Red Hat Linux we 
> know and 
> > love will become "Fedora".
> > 
> > 
> > The purchased, box-set Red Hat Linux becomes "Red Hat Enterprise 
> > Linux" in three flavors:  "WS" (workstation, what we now 
> use mostly), 
> > "ES" (the stuff we use now on steroids), and "AS" (advanced server).
> 
> Not knowing any better, just with the added name "Enterprise" 
> we now add for the basic version $130 or $13 per letter or 
> for the standard $200 or $20 per letter - doesn't make sense. 
> What are they adding that's more value for the bucks you 
> spend? Cost of Living hasn't increased by that much? It's 
> these increases that drive the Cost of Living UP UP UP. or am 
> I missing something? where is the value?
> 
> And where and how is Fedora linked to Red Hat Linux? All I 
> have come to read and see is that it will replace Red Hat's 
> RPM and not Linux.
> 
> Chris
> 

For your average joe blow... Probably adds nothing.

BUT, for the corporate user, the Enterprise Redhat line has an EOL of 5
years, vs. 6 months.  It's more thuroughly tested and worked over as
well.

Redhat reps themselves have kinda said that Redhat Linux (non
Enterprise) is more of a developers playtoy.  They release that OS with
no promises of anything.

On one hand, this could suck for the end user, on the other, this could
make it easier for companies to bring Redhat in in a larger scale.