[Linux-cluster] Equivalent to RHCS?

[Riaan van Niekerk]

Jeff you are mostly correct, but I want to make a slight (but IMHO
important correction). 

What you pay for is not a licence or right to use but a "subscription",
which consists of access to binaries (including updates and upgrades for
the duration of your subscription), support, certification and open source
assurance.

or s/licence/subscription/ and I second your answer.

Riaan

On Wed, 28 Jun 2006, Jeff Stoner wrote:

> It's all Open Source. Redhat is only obligated to make the source code
> available (whether that's through CVS, tarballs or SRPMs.) Purchasing a
> license entitles you to get support from Redhat (via phone, web or
> email) and allows you to download binary RPMs and get compiled updates
> via up2date from their servers.
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> Without a license, you have to build the software yourself or get RPMs
> from some place like rpmfind.net, and support is pretty much limited to
> mailing lists and message forums (where you may not get an answer.)
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> --Jeff
> SME - UNIX
> OpSource Inc.
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> 	I hate to bother you guys with dumb questions, but I'm
> confused--
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> 	Looking at the components, it looks like this project is the
> core of Red Hat Cluster Suite.  I take it RHCS itself is not open, but
> its "root" components are?  How does RHCS compare to these open
> projects?
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> 	Thanks in advance.