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Red Hat News: Edu Prices, Progeny Support for 7.X

Posted by timothy on from the tip-of-the-fedora dept.

thx2001r writes "According to News.com, Matthew Szulik (perhaps driven by recent slashdot questions in this regard) of Red Hat has set educational pricing for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation ($25 per year for students) and (RHEL AS) server ($50 per year for the schools). Here are the details of the versions available at educational discounts." And for business users wary of Red Hat's high-priced Enterprise version (and happy using an older version), iroberts writes "Beginning January 1, 2004, Progeny will offer software updates for users of Red Hat(R) Linux(R) 7.2 and 7.3. Pricing is $5 per machine per month; or a flat rate of $2,500 per month for unlimited machines. The Fedora Legacy Project is discussing how this will impact their work."

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  1. Re:Mind share is important espec. for education by zerocool^ · · Score: 2, Flamebait

    Yes, I do understand producing their "Red Hat Linux" product was expensive, and hurt their bottom line.

    I disagree.

    I fail to see why redhat thinks they need to charge anywhere from $350 to thousands of dollars, per year, per cpu, for a collection of software of which they contributed at most 5%. This is something slashdot readers will eventually have to come to terms with and accept as fact: RedHat is fucking you. Period. They are flat-out lying to you by saying that they need to charge thousands of dollars for software that other people offer for free. The only things redhat has contributed to the "redhat linux distribution" are a few utilities and some drivers, which have been distributed open source anyway.

    It's like somoene giving me the frame, engine, seats, and all the parts to put together a 1979 Chevy Nova, for free. I then assemble the parts exactly to spec such that everything is working (but not really tuned up), and add a spoiler, a type-R sticker, and a few custom logos in the interrior of the car. THEN, strut around and tell everyone that the car is worth $250,000, because I spent the time putting it together, and, hey, look at that spoiler! What an awesome car! Oh, and hey, if you pay me $250,000 every year, I'll even make sure if any parts are defective that I'll send you new parts to install yourself!

    Doesn't work. Only idiots with lots of money and people who are desperate for their 79 nova parts will buy. The others will just walk on by.

    ~Will

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