Someone told me that if you have a CentOS or Fedora server, you can pay a Red Hat yearly fee and get them to support it (because the environments are so similar).
Can anyone here substantiate this claim?
At Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:10:02 -0800 CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org wrote:
Someone told me that if you have a CentOS or Fedora server, you can pay a Red Hat yearly fee and get them to support it (because the environments are so similar).
Can anyone here substantiate this claim?
If you A) need commercial support and B) need an 'enterprise' O/S, then you can pay RedHat for RHEL, which includes support. RedHat won't provide commercial support for either CentOS or Fedora Core. CentOS and RHEL are pretty much the *same* environment (binary equivelant -- CentOS has just been de-branded and the few non open-source packages removed). Fedora Core is not that same -- it is more like a beta-testbed for RHEL/CentOS and is stricky community supported.
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On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 1:10 AM, Rogelio scubacuda@gmail.com wrote:
Someone told me that if you have a CentOS or Fedora server, you can pay a Red Hat yearly fee and get them to support it (because the environments are so similar).
Can anyone here substantiate this claim?
No support from Red Hat, as Robert Heller explained, but OpenLogic has recently announced commercial support for CentOS
http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/OpenLogic-offers-CentOS-Linux-support...
On Wed, 16 Dec 2009, Ron Blizzard wrote:
On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 1:10 AM, Rogelio scubacuda@gmail.com wrote:
Someone told me that if you have a CentOS or Fedora server, you can pay a Red Hat yearly fee and get them to support it (because the environments are so similar).
Can anyone here substantiate this claim?
No support from Red Hat, as Robert Heller explained, but OpenLogic has recently announced commercial support for CentOS
http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/OpenLogic-offers-CentOS-Linux-support...
But if you want to pay for support for CentOS why not just pay RedHat for RHEL .
-Connie Sieh
On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 5:34 PM, Connie Sieh csieh@fnal.gov wrote:
On Wed, 16 Dec 2009, Ron Blizzard wrote:
On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 1:10 AM, Rogelio scubacuda@gmail.com wrote:
Someone told me that if you have a CentOS or Fedora server, you can pay a Red Hat yearly fee and get them to support it (because the environments are so similar).
Can anyone here substantiate this claim?
No support from Red Hat, as Robert Heller explained, but OpenLogic has recently announced commercial support for CentOS
http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/OpenLogic-offers-CentOS-Linux-support...
But if you want to pay for support for CentOS why not just pay RedHat for RHEL .
-Connie Sieh
You might have a bunch of servers already installed with CentOS that you need support on, or you might need some consulting on one problem without wanting to pay for yearly subscriptions and license fees.
On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 5:11 PM, Brian Mathis brian.mathis@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 5:34 PM, Connie Sieh csieh@fnal.gov wrote:
On Wed, 16 Dec 2009, Ron Blizzard wrote:
On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 1:10 AM, Rogelio scubacuda@gmail.com wrote:
Someone told me that if you have a CentOS or Fedora server, you can pay a Red Hat yearly fee and get them to support it (because the environments are so similar).
Can anyone here substantiate this claim?
No support from Red Hat, as Robert Heller explained, but OpenLogic has recently announced commercial support for CentOS
http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/OpenLogic-offers-CentOS-Linux-support...
But if you want to pay for support for CentOS why not just pay RedHat for RHEL .
-Connie Sieh
You might have a bunch of servers already installed with CentOS that you need support on, or you might need some consulting on one problem without wanting to pay for yearly subscriptions and license fees.
And it could be that OpenLogic is cheaper and/or more flexible. I don't even know what Red Hat charges -- according to the linked press release OpenLogic seems pretty flexible...
"Pricing on the support ranges from $500 per server, per year, for small deployments and with unlimited server support starting at $15,000 per year."
But I agree with Connie. Ideally I think you would want to go with Red Hat. Not only should they know more about their own product, but by licensing Red Hat you support the company that makes CentOS possible.
On Wed, 16 Dec 2009, Brian Mathis wrote:
On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 5:34 PM, Connie Sieh csieh@fnal.gov wrote:
On Wed, 16 Dec 2009, Ron Blizzard wrote:
On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 1:10 AM, Rogelio scubacuda@gmail.com wrote:
Someone told me that if you have a CentOS or Fedora server, you can pay a Red Hat yearly fee and get them to support it (because the environments are so similar).
Can anyone here substantiate this claim?
No support from Red Hat, as Robert Heller explained, but OpenLogic has recently announced commercial support for CentOS
http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/OpenLogic-offers-CentOS-Linux-support...
But if you want to pay for support for CentOS why not just pay RedHat for RHEL .
-Connie Sieh
You might have a bunch of servers already installed with CentOS that you need support on, or you might need some consulting on one problem without wanting to pay for yearly subscriptions and license fees.
Note that RedHat does not charge for license fees for RHEL. All you have to pay for is the yearly subscription.
Consulting is consulting and is not support.
CentOS is dependent on RedHat. If money is to be spend on a support contract then just use RHEL and give the money to RedHat.
If you need consulting then contract for a consultant.
-Connie Sieh
CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Connie Sieh wrote:
On Wed, 16 Dec 2009, Ron Blizzard wrote:
On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 1:10 AM, Rogelio scubacuda@gmail.com wrote:
Someone told me that if you have a CentOS or Fedora server, you can pay a Red Hat yearly fee and get them to support it (because the environments are so similar).
Can anyone here substantiate this claim?
No support from Red Hat, as Robert Heller explained, but OpenLogic has recently announced commercial support for CentOS
http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/OpenLogic-offers-CentOS-Linux-support...
But if you want to pay for support for CentOS why not just pay RedHat for RHEL .
-Connie Sieh
Agreed. CentOS is pretty much RHEL without the support contract.
- Ryan
On 12/12/2009 07:10 AM, Rogelio wrote:
Someone told me that if you have a CentOS or Fedora server, you can pay a Red Hat yearly fee and get them to support it (because the environments are so similar).
Can anyone here substantiate this claim?
Not sure why you are bringing up that question here. Redhat dont do support or sales work via the CentOS users list.
If you want to know if they will support it - why not speak to them ?
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