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Red Hat Network for the Masses

Posted by michael on from the real-men-use-apt dept.

Outland Traveller writes: "A few months ago I sent some feedback to RedHat concerning their then $30/month RHN subscription service. I asked them to consider offering a $5/month low end version more suitable for home users with multiple computers. I'm sure that a plenty of other people offered the same suggestion, but I was still surprised when I opened my email this morning and found that the exact service I asked for is not only being offered, but that fast access to iso images has been added as well, among other improvements. I guess I now have to put my money where my mouth is :) Seriously though, this should be good news for people who download RedHat's .iso images but want to financially support RedHat in a way that makes sense."

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  1. My favorite bit from the improvements by tunah · · Score: 4, Funny

    was "Outdated Systems View". Looks cool, you hit a button and your floppy drive starts spitting out ticker tape and the screen shrinks and displays in monochrome "Insert card, face down, 9 edge first"

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  2. What about Beowulf clusters? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Instead of a small LAN with a few computers at home, I have a Beowulf cluster. Would this service be of value to me?

    Thank you.

  3. Re:better give 5 minutes of your time... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    If I use Debian, I obviously won't pay 5$/month to RedHat.
    If I use RedHat, I obviously won't report anything to the Debian bug tracking system.

    Also, you seem to equate 1 minute to 1 dollar.

    If that was true, 5$/month for RedHat Network would be a nice investment, since it's very likely that a subscription would save you at least 5 minutes a month (searching, downloading and installing updates manually can take a lot of time sometimes).

  4. Send them your money by ellem · · Score: 4, Funny

    You hate M$, you love Open Source, you think Linux Roolz, you probably have $60 bucks somewhere. Just send them the money,

    RH puts out a decent product and will probably be the last Linux standing tall at the end. Just give'em the $60 bucks and prove that you are more than a 1337 h4x0r and someone who actually cares about this whole Open Source, anti M$ thing.

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  5. Re:Maybe I'm missing something... by bentini · · Score: 4, Funny

    60 dollars per year *IS* 5 dollars per month. The 240 dollars per year is the old service. The improvement is the fact that some people know how to manipulate units.

    (Note: This isn't a flame. It *would* have been a flame if I had added that last night I showed his girlfriend that I also knew how to manipulate digits.)

  6. Re:$5 is better than nothing by sunhou · · Score: 3, Funny

    [Red Hat 7.2] can be bought for $48.95 at buy.com.

    I noticed at that buy.com page, under the section where it says "customers who bought this product also bought", the first thing listed is Microsoft Visual Basic C++ Std 6.0. There are some confused or soon-to-be-disappointed people out there.

  7. Re:the real-men-use-apt dept. by uncleFester · · Score: 4, Funny

    Real men use make.

    (I'm sure soon someone will degenrate this to 'real men use as...')

    -fester

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  8. Isn't this the real "Entropia" ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    You know, you pay $30 a month, and get stuff that degrades over time? Maybe "Red Hat" will be the new MMORPG.

    "I'm a 40th level Zealot with the staff of ESR and a hair from the beard of RMS, I'm gonna kick your ass"

    Seriously though, accountants love this "constant revenue" model. That's why you'll see it take over. A little money now, and a little money forever!