[WBEL-users] WBEL Vs Centos ? :-S

[Raimo Koski]

On Tue, 7 Dec 2004, Lance Davis wrote:

> On Tue, 7 Dec 2004, Raimo Koski wrote:
> 
> > Add poor library with only T1 line as one of the causes. When Lineox had 
> > initial release we had 100Mbps line. From http://caosity.org/news you can 
> > read that CentOS 3.3 resulted in 6TB of transfers and they consider that a 
> > reasonable donation starts at $12US per system per year. Lineox update
> > subscriptions start at 15 Euros, but volume prices are lower than CentOS 
> > "rates" and Lineox offers also free downloads.
> 
> Raimo, the difference is that CentOS distribution is totally free, the 
> contrbution is 100% voluntary , not required in any way.
> 
> Lineox 'free' downloads are out of date releases, held back for 30 days - 
> which means that unless you pay your server may have security issues 
> unfixed for that period, whereas CentOS downloads of isos and updates are 
> always free .....

Update 3 based respin of Lineox has been available for free now for two 
months. Comparable WBEL just doesn't exist yet. If you want yet faster 
availability you can always pay to Red Hat. TANSTAAFL.

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Raimo Koski  http://www.lineox.com  http://www.raimokoski.com/