Red Hat just ripped me off for $179.00

[Jamie Bohr]

I'm sorry you feel that way.  I learn a lot from ready messages on this list
even if I don't reply to any of them and can not contribute.  I have been
happy runnning Fedora on my work laptop for years, Dell M70.   Currently
running FC5.  I would donote money to improve Fedora however I doubt Red Hat
needs my money and we use Red Hat at work so I do pay for Linux in some
fashion.

On a side note:
     I have tried Debian and was not impressed, Ubunto is a much better
release.  And I don't see where any one has called you an idiot, I had the
same questions after reading your initial message.  I think more details in
you initial message would have been better.  If sounds like you where happy
with FC5 and thought RHEL WS would be even better - that does make since.
Like a few other responders said Fedora is what you will see in future
releases of RHEL.  That being said, you get to see what features and tools
RHEL will have in the future for free.  Should Red Hat refund your money,
did you buy it directly from them or a 3rd party?  If you bought it from Red
Hat I think they should refund your money and say, "Sorry, thank you for
being a good  customer".  If you bought it through a 3rd party then maybe
you can get you money back from them, however I doubt it.  I know $179 can
be a lot of money, I paid for RH9 just to help support Linux.  It could be
worse, you could be forced to run that other OS where you would have to pay
$200 for the OS and another $200 for tools that try to keep it stable.

On 6/13/06, Timothy Payne <tim at tmpco.com> wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> Thank you for almost all of the replies that told me what an idiot I am.
>
> I did make a couple of errors.
>
> 1)  I assumed that something I pay for is better than the free version.
> (The installer is copyright 2001)  Yes you can make something stable if
> it only installs on 2 motherboards and 3 video cards (smart ass remark)
>
> 2)  I assumed that the plain Dell office computer that FC 5 worked so
> well on would not be a problem.  I tried to get pre-order information
> but was ignored by Red Hat.  Dell does not list components on their
> invoice only part numbers.  They are the largest computer maker in the
> world, you would think Red Hat would be connected at the hip with them.
>
> Debian is now downloading away at my office.  Red Hat is the only Linux
> I've used for a desktop starting with V 5.1, if Debian doesn't work out
> I'll see if Novell will return any calls or email, it's a 31 flavors
> kind of thing now to see what I like.
>
> Of all the email I received, only one offer of help came, I'll be
> removing my name from the list now.
>
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Jamie Bohr
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