Red Hat Takes Aim at SuSE, Mandrake

gowen writes "The gloves have come off in the competition between commercial linux distributions. The Register is reporting that Red Hat is offering a $10 rebate to people who upgrade to Red Hat 7.3, including those who previously used Mandrake and SuSE. Previous users of Windows are not eligible for a rebate."

I just sownloaded the 7.3 iso's. . .

[Limburgher]

If I send them my download logs and a pdf copy of my SuSE installation guide, do I get my $10?

What if I download the iso's a second time? :)P

will they give me $10 to download it?

[qurob]

Distros are getting so expensive anyway...

Upgrade

[xactoguy]

What??? You mean I can't upgrade Win XP Pro to RedHat 7.3? Is it because Win XP sucks so bad that they don't even want to let the non-l33t people come up? ;)

Well, somebody has to say it.....

[ZoneGray]

Windows users already have enough incentive to upgrade.

always there to remind me

[Anonymous Coward]

Everytime I install RH, I am reminded why I choose to use SuSE instead.

screw all linux companies!

[President Chimp Toe]

Oh, how my trollish side comes out whenever i log onto slashdot......

1. Buy SuSe 7.3

2. Buy redhat, and get $10 dollar rebate.

3. Return both, pocketing yourself a whopping 10 dollars

easy money...

Re:wait one cotten-pickin moment here

[jcoy42]

you have got to be consistent here

Are you new or something?

--
Psychotics are consistently inconsistent. The essence of sanity is to be inconsistently inconsistent. -- Larry Wall

Re:Competitive ugrade from Windows makes more sens

[martinflack]

People coming off Windows need a good 12-step program, not a rebate.

Re:Why I Won't Use RedHat (Even Though It's Good)

[Alsee]

I won't use Redhat, or for that matter any linux distribution based in the US.

If you don't buy a US distribution, you're supporting terrorism! Think of the children!

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Re:What's the Incentive?

[gowen]

> vi: What else do you need?

emacs. What a silly question...

only on slashdot..

[VoiceOfRaisin]

.. would you see people actually saying "upgrade" from windows xp to redhat with a straight face.

slow news day?

[Dr. Awktagon]

Gee, this $10 rebate was mentioned right on Red Hat's page and marketing, and if anybody just bought it (my boxed copy came yesterday) it has a sticker and form on the box. So you guys need a Register story to discover this?

Many software packages come with these rebates you know. Quicken came (or used to come) with an upgrade rebate. Adobe Photoshop Elements came with a competitive $30 rebate offer. Common practice!

How about the scoop on the REAL story: where are the goddamn Red Hat stickers? When I bought 7.0 it came with STICKERS! Do you think I shelled out $many dollars for my Red Hat 7.3 Personal box set for NOTHING? Where are my stickers!!!

I think the lack of stickers in the box is a clear sign that Red Hat is ready to file for chapter 11, or maybe even indicative of an Enron-style debacle. First the stickers go, next thing you know, Red Hat's backing the SSSCA and supporting Al Queda. What do you folks think??

Re:Well, somebody has to say it.....

[ZoneGray]

Imagine if they did offer rebates to former Windows users. Your birth cetificate would probably qualify as Proof Of Purchase.

Just those two?

[BreakWindows]

# apt-get install redhat-rebate
...
Couldn't find package redhat-rebate.

Damn! First abiword, now this.

Re:Just those two?

[rhavyn]

That's because the Red Hat Rebate just came out. It'll take a good week for it to get into sid, a month after that it'll get into testing, and sometime in about 4 years it'll make it into stable. Give it some time man, you're working on debian time there.