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Red Hat Releases RHEL 6

Posted by samzenpus on from the new-kid-on-the-block dept.

alphadogg writes "Red Hat on Wednesday released version 6 of its Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) distribution. 'RHEL 6 is the culmination of 10 years of learning and partnering,' said Paul Cormier, Red Hat's president of products and technologies, in a webcast announcing the launch. Cormier positioned the OS both as a foundation for cloud deployments and a potential replacement for Windows Server. 'We want to drive Linux deeper into every single IT organization. It is a great product to erode the Microsoft Server ecosystem,' he said. Overall, RHEL 6 has more than 2,000 packages, and an 85 percent increase in the amount of code from the previous version, said Jim Totton, vice president of Red Hat's platform business unit. The company has added 1,800 features to the OS and resolved more than 14,000 bug issues."

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  1. erode Windows server how? by cschepers · · Score: 5, Informative

    At my workplace, Red Hat server licensing is pricier than Windows Server licensing. I'd love to move servers off Windows, but it'll be hard to justify if it costs more.

    1. Re:erode Windows server how? by h4rr4r · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Windows Server Licenses do not include support. There is your price difference.

  2. RHEL comes with free CALs by tepples · · Score: 5, Informative

    Red Hat server licensing is pricier than Windows Server licensing.

    At first, I guessed that it might have something to do with the common conception that one can run more things on a single Red Hat server than on a single Windows server. But a couple Google searches later, I found this Microsoft white paper claiming that Red Hat doesn't charge for client access licenses for RHEL.

  3. Re:85% increase in code? by h4rr4r · · Score: 5, Informative

    1. You don't have to install all that crap.
    2. RHEL includes support, so they still are cheaper.