On Sunday 24 November 2002 03:00, Dmitry Melekhov wrote:
SLES8 license? :-) http://www.tecchannel.de/betriebssysteme/1073/images/0011589_PIC.gif
Well, that doesn't sound unreasonable at all. Consider the alternative. What is the per seat license for Sun or M$ - that ain't cheap. And the joy of perchasing a M$ server farm is not only expensive but the EULA is very specific about access to code, and changes made to the system that will void you contract ( if you haven't read an M$ EULA or looked at the contracts your in for a real treat). Not to mention that fact that in order to obtain a license you "must" sign into the Software Assurance Program -- meaning you locked into buying upgrades when M$ releases them - whether you really need to or not. You get 1 year services and license at a much lower cost than Sun, M$ or others would do, Oracle also has some very fun license agreements - Just ask the State of California. They were sold more licenses than they wanted or needed and when they pointed this out Oracle said too bad a deals a deal I do understand how some feel about per seat licenses. However considering the alternatives and the fact that if SuSE and United Linux are going to survive they need to have a reliable revenue stream. I would wager that you might get more individualized support from SuSE then from, say M$. All they'll do is send out an MCSE tech and that's when they feel like getting around to it. And being open source you may install it on as many machines as you like you just don't get support for it. In the SLE8 brochure the point out that the have engineers they can send to you to help you get things setup, either by augementing an existing system/program/protocal or help you implement your own in house programs/codes/etc... However, if you have installed SLE8 on more machines then you bought licenses for do you really thing that they'll send you a engineer to help you -- if they did that they would go broke inside of a few months. I don't see anywhere that your forbidden from install it on other non-licensed machines. I just see where in order to utilize any support package/contract you have it has to be on a registered and licensed machine -- as it should be. Just my humble observations. Cheers, Curtsi -- Billboard Writer vs. Literature = Micorsoft vs. Computing,