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**breley** · 12-03-08, 09:00 AM

How much of the price includes the OS & support agreement?

And not to hijack the thread, but a couple years ago I found an "business" ebay seller that sold me 2 x Redhat Advance Server 2.1 software boxes and licenses w/3 year support and upgrades for $120 total. They had found the two sets of disks with some servers they got from a business they bought (but they went to windows). I was able to register, download RH 3 AS & 4 AS and get enterprise on-site support. There was a part of me that toyed with the idea of calling up support and having them come out and "work" on my HP LH4 Netserver in my basement, lol. After I logged into the Redhat portal, I discovered the additional software packages and such the licenses entitled me to would have run around $5000 had a purchased in standard retail. Needless to say I was flabbergasted.

I also got a similar deal for SuSE Enterprise Server 8...the whole sealed boxed deal, 3 years on-site support for about $85, from another business selling off assets.

Too bad my 3 years are up. :) I really liked how Redhat allowed users to log in and check on the various system status items.

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breley Aximsite Veteran Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: SW Ohio Posts: 2,256 Device: HTC Fuze Carrier: AT&T Thanked 37 Times in 33 Posts Blog Entries: 1 Awards Showcase Total Awards: 10	How much of the price includes the OS & support agreement? And not to hijack the thread, but a couple years ago I found an "business" ebay seller that sold me 2 x Redhat Advance Server 2.1 software boxes and licenses w/3 year support and upgrades for $120 total. They had found the two sets of disks with some servers they got from a business they bought (but they went to windows). I was able to register, download RH 3 AS & 4 AS and get enterprise on-site support. There was a part of me that toyed with the idea of calling up support and having them come out and "work" on my HP LH4 Netserver in my basement, lol. After I logged into the Redhat portal, I discovered the additional software packages and such the licenses entitled me to would have run around $5000 had a purchased in standard retail. Needless to say I was flabbergasted. I also got a similar deal for SuSE Enterprise Server 8...the whole sealed boxed deal, 3 years on-site support for about $85, from another business selling off assets. Too bad my 3 years are up. :) I really liked how Redhat allowed users to log in and check on the various system status items. __________________ breley \| Aximsite/Mobility Site Review Staff, *Administrator* *\| Judge, Smartphone & Pocket PC Best Software Awards 2008* To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.