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RHEL is expensive.
by streptomycin 15y ago
RHEL is expensive.
- javert 15y agoThat's not much of an answer, given that there are dozens of free distros already, any of which would appear suitable.
- streptomycin 15y agoThere's not dozens of RHEL clones. There is CentOS, but it's had its problems lately and Scientific Linux predates it. If you're suggesting that other random free distros are suitable when one is looking at RHEL or an RHEL clone... well, that's rather silly.
- CPlatypus 15y agoWhat about Fedora? It's hardly a "random free distro" but it is free, and it has that same yum-my RHEL flavor. ;) Or is there something even more specific to RHEL that not even Fedora has? Even if I weren't a Red Hat associate, I'd be curious to know what that is.
- javert 15y agoIf you're suggesting that other random free distros are suitable when one is looking at RHEL or an RHEL clone... well, that's rather silly. Call it silly if you want, but yes, I would like to know the answer to that. I'm being perfectly serious. I've used several Linux distros (though maybe I'm not an expert), and at the end of the day, they all run the same programs.
- streptomycin 15y agoRHEL is extremely stable and releases are supported for much longer than other Linux distros. Also, some commercial software is designed to work on specific versions of RHEL.
- cagenut 15y agoThey have a "self support" license, which is basically just a subscription to a yum repo. In the net cost of my hardware and datacenter bills, its a pretty tiny part. I'm glad to pay it to fund the development of something that saves me so much time and provides so much value.