How Ubuntu wants to be more like Red Hat
Or should I say, "How Canonical wants to be more like Red Hat," because the profit-seeking company behind Ubuntu, which wants to compete not just on the desktop but in the server room as well, has a new product called Landscape, which for $150 per node (unsupported), will allow for the full administration of any number of remote Ubuntu-equipped boxes:
Landscape provides users with a hosted web interface on which all machines are registered. From this single interface, packages and security updates are deployed to the entire network of servers and/or desktops with a single click. Additionally a wealth of monitoring data is provided graphically to the administrator showing process and resource use as well as flagging any available security fixes for the system.
If "$150 per node" means $150 per box, that can add up pretty quick. But such remote management of a plethora of boxes is something that a lot of people might want, I figure.
By the way, how much does Canonical charge for support? A lot. It makes Red Hat look like a bargain.
Comments
Dont see any problem in Canonical trying to get profit from the good product that they came up with.
There is no charity and Canonical has been backing up Ubuntu since the beginning.
We used RH+Fedora in the last company i worked for and PLEASE OH PLEASE change to something better.
Posted by: HangLoose | March 7, 2008 12:05 AM
Canonical can go ahead and make all the money it wants to, but I'm just a bit puzzled as to why they're charging more than Red Hat for support. It's just a head-scratcher, that's all.
Posted by: Steven Rosenberg
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March 7, 2008 12:03 PM