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to be actually honest and without any speck of trolling, I am at the opposite. I am actually planning to build a workstation and get a redhat enterprise worksta

by lemper 3y ago

to be actually honest and without any speck of trolling, I am at the opposite. I am actually planning to build a workstation and get a redhat enterprise workstation license. the only problem, though, they only have annual subscription. what I want is: one off license (just like windows desktop) and supporting a business entity's ongoing effort to curate and improve Linux ecosystem. why not donating a certain amount of money to some distros instead? there's an expected level of entitlement when it money's involved.

lproven 3y ago
Leaving aside any question of "why?", you miss the core point here. > they only have annual subscription You are not buying the software. You cannot buy the software. All you can buy is a support subscription. That is what RH sells, not software.
- lemper 3y ago
  what I want to buy is their updates. and the chance to scream at their customer service. /j
  - lproven 3y ago
    Former RH staffer here. I can tell you that even inside the company, everyone I knew who had the beginning of a clue ran Fedora. Only those with zero tech knowledge and who didn't want to learn ran RHEL... and they get it for free, obvs. Probably some RH folk will now pop up to tell me I am totally wrong and it's all changed. That is 100% normal. You can ignore them. I do. ;-)
- 5e92cb50239222b 3y ago
  https://www.redhat.com/en/store/red-hat-enterprise-linux-workstation#?sku=RH0958488 https://www.redhat.com/en/store/red-hat-enterprise-linux-wor... > SELF-SUPPORT (1 YEAR) > Does not include Red Hat customer support. > Starting at US$179 https://www.redhat.com/en/store/red-hat-enterprise-linux-server#?sku=RH00005 https://www.redhat.com/en/store/red-hat-enterprise-linux-ser... > SELF-SUPPORT (1 YEAR) > Does not include Red Hat customer support. > Total US$349
  - lproven 3y ago
    Don't be disingenuous. There is more to the sub than getting someone on the phone. Updates are probably the #1 thing. Secondly, "support" means things like "access to full documentation" and "access to source code".

by lemper 3y ago

lproven 3y ago

Leaving aside any question of "why?", you miss the core point here. > they only have annual subscription You are not buying the software. You cannot buy the software. All you can buy is a support subscription. That is what RH sells, not software.

lemper 3y ago
what I want to buy is their updates. and the chance to scream at their customer service. /j
- lproven 3y ago
  Former RH staffer here. I can tell you that even inside the company, everyone I knew who had the beginning of a clue ran Fedora. Only those with zero tech knowledge and who didn't want to learn ran RHEL... and they get it for free, obvs. Probably some RH folk will now pop up to tell me I am totally wrong and it's all changed. That is 100% normal. You can ignore them. I do. ;-)
5e92cb50239222b 3y ago
https://www.redhat.com/en/store/red-hat-enterprise-linux-workstation#?sku=RH0958488 https://www.redhat.com/en/store/red-hat-enterprise-linux-wor... > SELF-SUPPORT (1 YEAR) > Does not include Red Hat customer support. > Starting at US$179 https://www.redhat.com/en/store/red-hat-enterprise-linux-server#?sku=RH00005 https://www.redhat.com/en/store/red-hat-enterprise-linux-ser... > SELF-SUPPORT (1 YEAR) > Does not include Red Hat customer support. > Total US$349
- lproven 3y ago
  Don't be disingenuous. There is more to the sub than getting someone on the phone. Updates are probably the #1 thing. Secondly, "support" means things like "access to full documentation" and "access to source code".