[Gllug] Cost of RedHat vs Ubuntu desktop support

[John Edwards]

On Mon, Jul 06, 2009 at 06:06:33PM +0100, Hari Sekhon wrote:
<snip> 
> Also, have you see how much Ubuntu charges for desktops? It's $250 per 
> year for 9-5 support or $900 for 24x7 *per desktop*. That's outrageous! 
> Over years I think this racks up to way more than M$... (although you 
> probably get better support for that price but still...)
<snip>

Hari, have you looked at the equivalent prices for RedHat desktop
support?

Ignoring the "Basic" support option (which is web-only with 2-day
response time) the cost of the cheapest option is $299 per year:
	http://www.redhat.com/rhel/desktop/compare/

RedHat support times are 9am-9pm EST for USA, or 9am-5pm EST for the
rest of the world. There is no 24x7 support option. I guess they don't
want to do any desktop support to companies working outside of the USA.


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