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Author: Richard L. Proctor
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Subject: Redhat subscription. was: Re: No more bendin over to uncle Bill for me!
On Tuesday 24 December 2002 2:47 am, foodog wrote:
> "Richard L. Proctor" wrote:
> ...<snip>
>
> > Well Redhat is also subscription base, you get one free machine, an=

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> > anything after that your suppose to pay a yearly fee for.
>
> If you want max convenience you have to pay. I've got 7 boxes that I
> keep updated for free with up2date. I just have to login to RHN and
> shuffle the "basic entitlement" between boxes. If they had a home user
> rate I'd buy it, I just don't have the resources to drop hundreds per
> year on OS updates.
>
> Steve


That will work for a while, but Redhat will catch on and come out with=20
something similar to Win XP where a snapshot of your hardware, etc, to b=
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that type of shuffling. Especially at times like now where most linux=20
distro's are struggling to survive.

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Richard L. Proctor
Krystal Computer Services
PC Repairs & Upgrades
480-699-3098