From: Allan Schaffer (allan++at++sgi.com)
Date: 12/09/2003 08:42:01
Hi John,
John Kelso wrote:
> About the same time that Performer 3.1 will be released we'll be setting
> up several new Linux workstations to support our VR efforts- all will need
> licensed copies of Performer. We'll also be upgrading our existing IRIX
> and Linux workstations to 3.1.
Great!
> This leads to a couple of questions:
>
> 1) Can we use our 3.0 Linux licenses for Performer 3.1, or will we need to
> get new licenses? Is there an upgrade price? I ask because I was
> surprised when my 3.0 license didn't work with the 3.1beta.
Right -- You'll need a new 3.1 license. As for upgrades, the real trick here
is that users with a current support contract are entitled to a free upgrade.
The price of a 1-year support contract is about 20% of the Performer base
price.
> 2) What flavor of Linux do you recommend? We're looking at Red Hat and
> SuSE, but will go with whatever SGI recommends as "best" to use with
> Performer. If you won't answer that, can you tell us what you use for
> your development?
We use RedHat 8.0 for our development & build, and then test around on
various other flavors.
Something interesting I heard in the chatter at I/ITSEC, is that RedHat seems
to be de-emphasizing the desktop Linux product. I haven't been following
RedHat so it's the first I'd heard of it. Anyone know more, is this a case
of RedHat-competitor-FUD or for real? If real, have folks started migrating
to something else?
Allan
-- Allan Schaffer allan++at++sgi.com Engr. Manager, Core Rendering 1-650-933-2160 Silicon Graphics http://www.sgi.com
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