[Novalug] RHEL

Kevin Chin kevinchin5@gmail.com
Wed Mar 18 14:37:30 EDT 2009


>From the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) side... yes, you can only get
support (and thereby patches/fixes/updates) for the servers which have
subscriptions.

That's the general idea with commercial Linux... you can get the software
for free (download it and install/use it) but if you want support (tech
support + patches/fixes) you've got to pay for a subscription.

--Kc




2009/3/18 Paul W. Frields <stickster@gmail.com>

> On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 08:13:24AM -0400, Jay Hart wrote:
> > I can buy one copy of the enterprise version of RHEL and install it on as
> many
> > servers as I want, is that correct?
>
> Yes, but you can only get support on the one server for which you
> paid.  I believe this is also true for Novell's SLES.
>
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