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RHEL 6.2 Server vs Workstation

I have wondered what the difference, at a cursory level, was between the Workstation and Server version of the Red Hat flagship product.
As you may have guessed, the Server product has a number of additional Server-based packages, and the same goes for the Workstation product.

I did the following
(I inserted the appropriate media in my machine)
# ls /media/RHEL_6.2\ x86_64\ Disc\ 1/Packages/ > /tmp/RHEL_6.2-Workstation
# ls /media/RHEL_6.2\ x86_64\ Disc\ 1/Packages/ > /tmp/RHEL_6.2-Server
# sdiff /tmp/RHEL_6.2-Server /tmp/RHEL_6.2-Workstation | egrep '<|>'


# sdiff /tmp/RHEL_6.2-Server /tmp/RHEL_6.2-Workstation | egrep '<|>' | wc -l
333

The "big 3" differences appears to be that Workstation includes OpenOffice, hyphen and Evolution.  Server includes cluster, and misc infrastructure type products.

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