[ale] Redhat 6.0 available for download

[Dunlap, Randy]

I don't recall the support policies that go along with
RedHat's new pricing structure, but they are selling
RH 6.0 CD-ROMs (no book) for $39.95, or CD-ROMs, book,
and support (I believe) for $79.95 according to one
web page that I saw a few days ago (on zdnet IIRC).

The $40 package is for experienced users who don't
need the manual and/or support -- that's how the web
page explained it.

/Randy


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Hirsch [mailto:hirsch at mathcs.emory.edu]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 1999 8:23 PM
> To: ale at ale.org
> Subject: [ale] Redhat 6.0 available for download
> 
> 
> cfowler at avana.net writes:
> > 
> > I noticed that one could purchase RH 6 online and download it
> > then.  But for $39.95 what do you get that is not free software
> > anyway.  I allways thought that you pay for Linux in the store
> > as a means to pay for the distribution but to sell it online
> > and allow download seems wrong.  I do not see version 6 on sunsite
> > yet so I'm thinking it may not go into distribution like that
> > anymore.  Am I wrong?
> 
> I think you are wrong.  It has been reported that 6.0 will be more
> expensive, so the $39.95 is probably deeply discounted.
> 
> If you buy from RH you get 90 days installation support which you
> don't get if you just grab it for free.  
> 
> When you buy it at a store you get a hard copy manual which is
> difficult to download, so I guess you don't get that.
> 
> Bottom line, you get 90 days support for your $40 and have supported a
> good company.
> 
> --Michael
>