[clug] Google compared to latest Microsoft evilness

[Lana Brindley]

2009/7/9 Chris Smart <mail at christophersmart.com>

> 2009/7/9 Boyd <boydwilding at gmail.com>:
> > This is not new, and it is not news either - 2003 had the same (or very
> > similar) limitations. If you read the doco (or the textbooks) beforehand
> you
> > wouldn't be surprised about this.
> >
>
> But you're missing the point of the whole article, which is revealed
> at the bottom.
>
> Nevertheless, I think Red Hat also does this sort of thing. Get the
> low end server edition you can only run it on a system with 2 CPUs and
> 8 GB RAM. Buy a higher support license and you get support for 8 CPUs
> and 32GB RAM.. or something like that.
>

Sorry, Chris, but you've got that a bit mixed up.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux is a free operating system - there's no restriction
on what hardware you can run it on.

That said, you only get the support you pay for.

So, I can download and install RHEL on a machine with 16 CPUs and 64GB of
RAM, and use it to my heart's content. When I call up the RH Support number,
they will provide support for up to n CPUs and nGB of RAM, depending on the
support level I have.

Support level information is here, in case you're interested:
http://www.redhat.com/rhel/purchasing_guide.html

L


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