what would you get from buying from redhat that you will not get if you download it from centos?
On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 01:08:51AM +0800, Mark Quitoriano enlightened us:
what would you get from buying from redhat that you will not get if you download it from centos?
A support contract and a lighter wallet.
what's on the package? is there some CD in the package which is not part of the centos release?
On 5/16/07, Matt Hyclak hyclak@math.ohiou.edu wrote:
On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 01:08:51AM +0800, Mark Quitoriano enlightened us:
what would you get from buying from redhat that you will not get if you download it from centos?
A support contract and a lighter wallet.
-- Matt Hyclak Department of Mathematics Department of Social Work Ohio University (740) 593-1263 _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
On Wed, 2007-05-16 at 01:23 +0800, Mark Quitoriano wrote:
what's on the package? is there some CD in the package which is not part of the centos release?
The upstream vendor provides some packages that CentOS can not provide due to licensing issues, like Java development kits.
As others mentioned, the upstream subscription comes with paid support. Besides that some vendors only support their product on upstream's distribution.
-- Daniel
On Tue, 2007-05-15 at 19:32 +0200, Daniel de Kok wrote:
The upstream vendor provides some packages that CentOS can not provide due to licensing issues, like Java development kits.
But, AFAIK nothing that you can't easily add to CentOS for free. (As in beer - or in my case wine - can't handle the beer additives; also in many cases [since Sun has open-sourced Java] as in speech. :-)
http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/JavaOnCentOS
Phil
Well, oficial support from other companies also cross my mind. I know from experience that for instance Oracle, gives support to Redhat, and not to CentOS. Marketing issues? Well, perhaps. But that's a fact.
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what's on the package? is there some CD in the package which is not part of the centos release?
On 5/16/07, Matt Hyclak < hyclak@math.ohiou.edu mailto:hyclak@math.ohiou.edu > wrote:
On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 01:08:51AM +0800, Mark Quitoriano enlightened us: > what would you get from buying from redhat that you will not get if you > download it from centos? A support contract and a lighter wallet. -- Matt Hyclak Department of Mathematics Department of Social Work Ohio University (740) 593-1263 _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
On 5/15/07, Mark Quitoriano markquitoriano@gmail.com wrote:
what would you get from buying from redhat that you will not get if you download it from centos?
Access to redhat's finest web and phone based technical support, and some different artwork. For corporate users (and this is occasionally important for them) you get someone to 'blame' if the software doesn't do what you want, the way you want it.
Jim Perrin spake the following on 5/15/2007 10:33 AM:
On 5/15/07, Mark Quitoriano markquitoriano@gmail.com wrote:
what would you get from buying from redhat that you will not get if you download it from centos?
Access to redhat's finest web and phone based technical support, and some different artwork. For corporate users (and this is occasionally important for them) you get someone to 'blame' if the software doesn't do what you want, the way you want it.
Getting blamed is my job!! ;-P
Jim Perrin wrote:
On 5/15/07, Mark Quitoriano markquitoriano@gmail.com wrote:
what would you get from buying from redhat that you will not get if you download it from centos?
Access to redhat's finest web and phone based technical support, and some different artwork. For corporate users (and this is occasionally important for them) you get someone to 'blame' if the software doesn't do what you want, the way you want it.
Yes, you get to "blame" them, but if you read the fine print in the EULA you've already agreed to hold them harmless. Kinda like M$ in that regard.
I've had one experience with upstream's "paid support." I was so satisfied that all my systems now run CentOS.
Best,
On Tue, 2007-05-15 at 14:27 -0400, chrism@imntv.com wrote: [Cut some rambling]
To the topic starter (Mark): please contact Red Hat for information on their offerings.
-- Daniel
Daniel de Kok wrote:
On Tue, 2007-05-15 at 14:27 -0400, chrism@imntv.com wrote: [Cut some rambling]
[cut some more rambling]
Here's what's available if you feel so inclined:
http://www.redhat.com/products/
Best,
On Wed, 2007-05-16 at 01:08 +0800, Mark Quitoriano wrote:
what would you get from buying from redhat that you will not get if you download it from centos?
Official support comes to mind
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