Crappy Products cost more.
Richard L. Proctor
plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
Wed, 26 Jun 2002 12:16:28 -0700
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Is it my imagination or does it seem that the worst products always =
costs more. ie. If you want Windows XP you plan on paying $179. for =
the home version and more for the professional version. Again with =
RedHat you have a $79.95 personal or workstation edition and comes with =
3 cd's. Get the professional version for around $199.00 and i'm not =
sure how many cd's come with it. Is RedHat trying to compete with =
Microsoft on who can supply the most expensive product?
Before anyone goes off saying well you can just download the distro and =
don't have to pay those prices. I am thinking of the newbies. I would =
never hand a newbie 3 cd's and say here ya go. I would like to have the =
documentation to go with it. Of course Redhat and Windows both give you =
wafer thin manuals. SuSE and Mandrake give you good size manuals with =
plenty of information packed in them. Also SuSE Professional is only =
$79.95 and comes with 7 cd's and one DVD. The DVD had everything all 7 =
cd's have and you don't have to do any disk swaps.
I have worked with Redhat, Mandrake, and SuSE and it seems that Redhat =
lags far behind the competitors. Try to install Redhat on a seperate =
hard disk with Windows XP on the first hard disk in NTFS format, Redhat =
won't even make an entry for Windows XP in lilo. I can imagine the =
panic attack a newbies face after the redhat install and the only option =
is Redhat. LOL That is of course if you can get Redhat to install in =
the first place. It don't like being on a second drive or on a partiton =
with windows that's any larger than 8 gigs.
SuSE has always installed on any drive no matter what the size or what =
drive since version 7.1 and earlier maybe. This is a serious issue that =
Redhat needs to address.
I dunno, I just don't see how the cost of Redhat boxed distro's is =
justified. Maybe i'm missing the point? Is there anyone out there that =
can show me the point?
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I would like to have the documentation to go with it. Of course =
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Windows both give you wafer thin manuals. SuSE and Mandrake give =
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I have worked with Redhat, Mandrake, =
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it seems that Redhat lags far behind the competitors. Try to =
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