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Re:Dear Canonical: please let me pay for Ubuntu by MatthewPhillips on Monday September 24, 2012 @09:04AM (#4564403)
The thing RedHat sells isn't the OS itself.
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Re:Dear Canonical: please let me pay for Ubuntu by reidrac on Monday September 24, 2012 @09:21AM (#4564491)
This is a little bit off-topic but... they removed basic support and now there's a "self-support subscription" option instead for $350.

If you don't get support for that subscription, I can't see a difference worth $350 between RHEL self-support subscription and CentOS.

EDIT: ate a word

EDIT 2: self-support desktop subscription is just $49. But the point is the same: no support.

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Re:Dear Canonical: please let me pay for Ubuntu by ajdecon on Monday September 24, 2012 @02:02PM (#4566035)
> If you don't get support for that subscription, I can't see a difference worth $350 between RHEL self-support subscription and CentOS.

* Access to the RHEL repositories, with faster updates than CentOS or alternatives.

* Ability to upgrade to supported tier.

* Possibly: access to RHN pages with their forums, documentation, etc?

None of which would be huge advantages to me, but I can totally see the potential value.

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