On 11/01/2011 02:27 PM, Bob Hoffman wrote: > David Miller wrote > --------------------------- > > You can go with the self support option. Seeing you are willing to go with CentOS as long > as there are timely updates. That tells me you dont really care about getting "support" from > the vendor. You can pick up workstation self support for $50 and server for $350 a year. > That means you will get all the updates but just can't call or open tickets with Redhat. > The limitations imposed by Redhat for "Support" they will provide are artificial. > Although Redhat says it will only support 2 sockets and x amount of virtual guests you can still do it. > > --------------------------- > From what I saw on the redhat site they have also taken away that > support/subscription model. > They have standard support as minimum, for me it would be 4,000+ or more > for my 2 little non-commercial servers...forget it. They still very much offer self-support versions. In Canada, I believe the MSRP is ~$350/yr or $990/3yr. Don't quote me on the prices, obviously, but you can quote me on the availability of the self-support versions. -- Digimer E-Mail: digimer at alteeve.com Freenode handle: digimer Papers and Projects: http://alteeve.com Node Assassin: http://nodeassassin.org "omg my singularity battery is dead again. stupid hawking radiation." - epitron