[Novalug] ddns issues with red hat

[Greg Pryzby]

There are people who say it is free, buy a copy and install it many  
times in their production network. There are ways to effectively and  
legally do they same thing. I took your post as an opportunity to  
educate others

Greg
 From mobile

On Nov 14, 2009, at 3:39 AM, James Ewing Cottrell 3rd <JECottrell3 at Comcast.NET 
 > wrote:

> Yes, or course. I was talking about the Higher Levels of Support.  
> The base level is indeed just a subscription to the RHN and a basic  
> right-to-use license.
>
> I assumed that he was speaking of the higher priced Phone Support.
>
> I could elaborate further on ways to stretch the system, but hey,  
> Red Hat's cheap compared to Windows, and the more you pay them, the  
> better they will treat you.
>
> Better?
>
> JIM
>
> greg pryzby wrote:
>> On 11/13/2009 03:30 PM, James Ewing Cottrell 3rd wrote:
>>> Stephen Cicirelli wrote:
>>>> Thanks Greg, unfortunately the decision was "we will get support  
>>>> for
>>>> the servers but we don't need it for the 200 workstations at each
>>>> site..."
>>> No, you need it for 1 Workstation, and then you need to move all  
>>> your
>>> problems there ;)
>> I saw the smiley face, but since I work for Red Hat and there is  
>> some confusion about this (trust me, I have the conversation too  
>> often) that is not the case.
>> The agreement states that if you are paying for a subscription, all  
>> copies of Red Hat Enterprise Linux must have a subscription. They  
>> can be at the appropriate level for the use of the specific  
>> hardware (premium, standard, basic), but you are required to  
>> purchase a subscription.
>> Please talk with your sales person for specifics
>> Here are the details:
>>    http://www.redhat.com/about/understanding_subscriptions/
>> <SNIP>
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