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At Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:10:02 -0800 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> wrote:> > > > Someone told me that if you have a CentOS or Fedora server, you can pay a > Red Hat yearly fee and get them to support it (because the environments are > so similar). > > Can anyone here substantiate this claim?If you A) need commercial support and B) need an 'enterprise' O/S, then you can pay RedHat for RHEL, which includes support. RedHat won't provide commercial support for either CentOS or Fedora Core. CentOS and RHEL are pretty much the *same* environment (binary equivelant -- CentOS has just been de-branded and the few non open-source packages removed). Fedora Core is not that same -- it is more like a beta-testbed for RHEL/CentOS and is stricky community supported.> > MIME-Version: 1.0 > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > >-- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 Deepwoods Software -- Download the Model Railroad System http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Binaries for Linux and MS-Windows heller at deepsoft.com -- http://www.deepsoft.com/ModelRailroadSystem/
On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 1:10 AM, Rogelio <scubacuda at gmail.com> wrote:> Someone told me that if you have a CentOS or Fedora server, you can pay a > Red Hat yearly fee and get them to support it (because the environments are > so similar). > > Can anyone here substantiate this claim?No support from Red Hat, as Robert Heller explained, but OpenLogic has recently announced commercial support for CentOS http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/OpenLogic-offers-CentOS-Linux-support-for-enterprises-873790.html -- RonB -- Using CentOS 5.4
On Wed, 16 Dec 2009, Ron Blizzard wrote:> On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 1:10 AM, Rogelio <scubacuda at gmail.com> wrote: >> Someone told me that if you have a CentOS or Fedora server, you can pay a >> Red Hat yearly fee and get them to support it (because the environments are >> so similar). >> >> Can anyone here substantiate this claim? > > No support from Red Hat, as Robert Heller explained, but OpenLogic has > recently announced commercial support for CentOS > > http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/OpenLogic-offers-CentOS-Linux-support-for-enterprises-873790.html > >But if you want to pay for support for CentOS why not just pay RedHat for RHEL . -Connie Sieh
On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 5:34 PM, Connie Sieh <csieh at fnal.gov> wrote:> On Wed, 16 Dec 2009, Ron Blizzard wrote: >> On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 1:10 AM, Rogelio <scubacuda at gmail.com> wrote: >>> Someone told me that if you have a CentOS or Fedora server, you can pay a >>> Red Hat yearly fee and get them to support it (because the environments are >>> so similar). >>> >>> Can anyone here substantiate this claim? >> >> No support from Red Hat, as Robert Heller explained, but OpenLogic has >> recently announced commercial support for CentOS >> >> http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/OpenLogic-offers-CentOS-Linux-support-for-enterprises-873790.html > > But if you want to pay for support for CentOS why not just pay RedHat for > RHEL . > > -Connie Sieh >You might have a bunch of servers already installed with CentOS that you need support on, or you might need some consulting on one problem without wanting to pay for yearly subscriptions and license fees.
Connie Sieh wrote:> On Wed, 16 Dec 2009, Ron Blizzard wrote: > >> On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 1:10 AM, Rogelio <scubacuda at gmail.com> wrote: >>> Someone told me that if you have a CentOS or Fedora server, you can pay a >>> Red Hat yearly fee and get them to support it (because the environments are >>> so similar). >>> >>> Can anyone here substantiate this claim? >> No support from Red Hat, as Robert Heller explained, but OpenLogic has >> recently announced commercial support for CentOS >> >> http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/OpenLogic-offers-CentOS-Linux-support-for-enterprises-873790.html >> >> > > But if you want to pay for support for CentOS why not just pay RedHat for > RHEL . > > -Connie SiehAgreed. CentOS is pretty much RHEL without the support contract. - Ryan
Karanbir Singh
2009-Dec-17 10:18 UTC
[CentOS] Red Hat commercial support for CentOS/Fedora
On 12/12/2009 07:10 AM, Rogelio wrote:> Someone told me that if you have a CentOS or Fedora server, you can pay > a Red Hat yearly fee and get them to support it (because the > environments are so similar). > > Can anyone here substantiate this claim?Not sure why you are bringing up that question here. Redhat dont do support or sales work via the CentOS users list. If you want to know if they will support it - why not speak to them ? -- Karanbir Singh London, UK | http://www.karan.org/ | twitter.com/kbsingh ICQ: 2522219 | Yahoo IM: z00dax | Gtalk: z00dax GnuPG Key : http://www.karan.org/publickey.asc
On Wed, 16 Dec 2009, Brian Mathis wrote:> On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 5:34 PM, Connie Sieh <csieh at fnal.gov> wrote: >> On Wed, 16 Dec 2009, Ron Blizzard wrote: >>> On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 1:10 AM, Rogelio <scubacuda at gmail.com> wrote: >>>> Someone told me that if you have a CentOS or Fedora server, you can pay a >>>> Red Hat yearly fee and get them to support it (because the environments are >>>> so similar). >>>> >>>> Can anyone here substantiate this claim? >>> >>> No support from Red Hat, as Robert Heller explained, but OpenLogic has >>> recently announced commercial support for CentOS >>> >>> http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/OpenLogic-offers-CentOS-Linux-support-for-enterprises-873790.html >> >> But if you want to pay for support for CentOS why not just pay RedHat for >> RHEL . >> >> -Connie Sieh >> > > You might have a bunch of servers already installed with CentOS that > you need support on, or you might need some consulting on one problem > without wanting to pay for yearly subscriptions and license fees.Note that RedHat does not charge for license fees for RHEL. All you have to pay for is the yearly subscription. Consulting is consulting and is not support. CentOS is dependent on RedHat. If money is to be spend on a support contract then just use RHEL and give the money to RedHat. If you need consulting then contract for a consultant. -Connie Sieh> _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >