Re: 7.2 Wish List

[ABrady <kcsmart kc rr com>]

On Fri, 28 Sep 2001 02:15:31 +0000 "Rodolfo J. Paiz"
<rpaiz indahaus com> imparted to us:

> At 9/27/2001 07:02 PM -0500, you wrote:
> >Subscribe, modify /etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date on one machine to
> >'keepAfterInstall=1'[...]
> >
> >You can register each of the machines separately or only one and use
> it
> >as a source to update the others[...]
> >
> >What we hacve here is choices.
> 
> ABrady, you've missed my point. I have no problem getting all my
> machines 
> updated. I actually hadn't done any of the things you suggested;
> instead, 
> my personal notebook has *everything* installed on it and is
> registered 
> with RHN; then, when it suggests any updates I know which machines
> need it 
> and distribute the updates myself.
> 
> My point was that RedHat is not getting money from someone who'd
> gladly pay 
> it because the damn price is too high. RH *needs* to make money and
> *needs* 
> to make a profit; and I'd be glad to help, but I don't have $120/month
> for 
> this, plus I flat-out don't think it's worth $20/month for RedHat to
> keep a 
> profile of my RPMs on disk and check it for needed updates.
> 
> If they reduce the price, I (and hopefully many others) will think
> it's 
> worth it *and* be able to afford it, then we will begin paying for it.
> And 
> RedHat will be happily profitable ever after, we hope.

Ahh. Now that is a different kettle of fish.

I agree with the sentiment. I also agree with the need for RH to stay
alive, and the best way (in my own miserable opinion) is through
quantity subscriptions vs. keeping the price at what would seem to be a
costly level for multiple machines.

That said, I seem to recall some questions posed awhile back about what
people were willing to pay (not actual dollar amounts, but in general
terms), what services would be expected, and so on. My guess is that the
responses are what is behind the pricing mechanism.

Beyond that, I don't know. I haven't paid attention to the pricing
scheme and can't/won't attempt to address that. I use linux at home and
it isn't in a production environment, so I'll make whatever decisions I
need to make if and when costs are introduced. Since I mix things from
Rawhide in regularly, mix Mandrake stuff, roll some of my own, install
lots of tarballa and so forth, it's not likely that most up2date-type
services will ever work cleanly for me anyway.

-- 
To err is human, to forgive, beyond the scope of the Operating System.