[plug] Aaaarrgg. Oh, for unbiased reviews..

Garry garbuck at westnet.com.au
Wed May 14 13:46:54 WST 2003


While Zdnet and Gartner are not all that OS neutral, this is a classic.

http://www.zdnet.com.au/reviews/software/os/story/0,2000023564,20274440,00.htm

This article reviews RH9 Professional.

The outcome of it is that RH9Pro is _too_expensive_ .. At ~$230 for an operating system with integrated just-about-everything including office software, it is "too expensive"?

<quote>
Red Hat 9.0 is a boon for those who already use it, but it's too expensive to warrant a switch from Windows.
</quote>

Unbelievable. No matter what the merits of RH9Pro Vs Suse, it is so much better value than WinXPpro+WinXPofficepro+[new hardware] it is just madness to say it's too expensive to switch FROM M$.

I personally don't use RH*, I prefer Knoppix and Debian and even Mandrake (for newbies). 

One day someone will grab guys like these by the throat and give them a damn good shake. Hopefully soon.

;^)==

Garry



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