R: Re: License Issue

[Edoardo Causarano]

I think you're talking about client installs rather than server side OS. RH provides a workstation type release that would nicely integrate with a central management server component called "satellite". You should investigate in that direction, last info I remember was something in the 10K range for the management software and 50 workstation installs. I think you should contact RH for a quote as they know the commercial offers better than anyone else.

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Subject: Re: License Issue

1- thanks a lot.
2- I'm reading now about centos. In our business we need an opensource O.S and our need is install our application ( e-business software and  we need only Internet ) in hundered Pc's and if we using M.S our project will freeze. we trying to test and decide what opensource O.S is better for us. 
3- what about SUSE
again thankx.


On Jan 13, 2008 8:17 PM, Barry Brimer < lists at brimer.org <mailto:lists at brimer.org> > wrote:


	> Hi all,
	> we are trying to install RHEL in our pc's we have hundered of pc's in 
	> different location but it's owned by only one company, so my question is:
	>
	> should we buy only one RHEL or its depend about  how many pc's we have and
	> if there any way to read full license for RHEL. 
	
	
	My understanding is that you need a license for every single computer you
	install RHEL on.  It is not the installation really, but in order to
	use/receive their updates in binary form legally, you must have the 
	appropriate number of licenses.  I believe that there is a discounted
	price available for HPC compute nodes as well.
	

	> I am talk specially about RHEL 5.0 or further official release. thanks 
	
	
	Another viable option is CentOS <http://www.centos.org>.  CentOS is a
	rebuild of RHEL from sources that Red Hat provides in accordance to the
	GPL, and because they are a true open source company.  CentOS takes great 
	care to provide the closest thing you can get to RHEL without buying RHEL.
	I have been using it for years, both personally and professionally and
	I've never once had a problem with it.  If I am putting software on a 
	system that requires RHEL for support (i.e. Oracle, WebSphere, etc.) I buy
	RHEL.  If I am building a machine that I use for network scanning,
	interesting uses of apache that Red Hat won't support, or testing 
	machines, I use CentOS. There is no formal CentOS support, but the mailing
	list is very active.  I suppose you could also contact a company that
	provides commerical support for CentOS as well.
	
	Hope this helps. 
	
	Barry
	
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