<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>R: Re: License Issue</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY>  <TT>I think you're talking about client installs rather than server side OS. RH provides a workstation type release that would nicely integrate with a central management server component called "satellite". You should investigate in that direction, last info I remember was something in the 10K range for the management software and 50 workstation installs. I think you should contact RH for a quote as they know the commercial offers better than anyone else. e -----Original Message----- From: redhat-sysadmin-list-bounces@redhat.com <redhat-sysadmin-list-bounces@redhat.com> To: redhat-sysadmin-list@redhat.com <redhat-sysadmin-list@redhat.com> Sent: Sun Jan 13 19:53:27 2008 Subject: Re: License Issue 1- thanks a lot. 2- I'm reading now about centos. In our business we need an opensource O.S and our need is install our application ( e-business software and we need only Internet ) in hundered Pc's and if we using M.S our project will freeze. we trying to test and decide what opensource O.S is better for us. 3- what about SUSE again thankx. On Jan 13, 2008 8:17 PM, Barry Brimer < lists@brimer.org <<A HREF="mailto:lists@brimer.org">mailto:lists@brimer.org</A>> > wrote: > Hi all, > we are trying to install RHEL in our pc's we have hundered of pc's in > different location but it's owned by only one company, so my question is: > > should we buy only one RHEL or its depend about how many pc's we have and > if there any way to read full license for RHEL. My understanding is that you need a license for every single computer you install RHEL on. It is not the installation really, but in order to use/receive their updates in binary form legally, you must have the appropriate number of licenses. I believe that there is a discounted price available for HPC compute nodes as well. > I am talk specially about RHEL 5.0 or further official release. thanks Another viable option is CentOS <<A HREF="http://www.centos.org">http://www.centos.org</A>>. CentOS is a rebuild of RHEL from sources that Red Hat provides in accordance to the GPL, and because they are a true open source company. CentOS takes great care to provide the closest thing you can get to RHEL without buying RHEL. I have been using it for years, both personally and professionally and I've never once had a problem with it. If I am putting software on a system that requires RHEL for support (i.e. Oracle, WebSphere, etc.) I buy RHEL. If I am building a machine that I use for network scanning, interesting uses of apache that Red Hat won't support, or testing machines, I use CentOS. There is no formal CentOS support, but the mailing list is very active. I suppose you could also contact a company that provides commerical support for CentOS as well. Hope this helps. Barry -- redhat-sysadmin-list mailing list redhat-sysadmin-list@redhat.com <A HREF="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-sysadmin-list">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-sysadmin-list</A> <<A HREF="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-sysadmin-list">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-sysadmin-list</A>> </TT> </BODY> </HTML>