I agree with both chort and bughead1 -- it sounds as though Redhat is the way to go, particularly in light of criteria #2. Certainly "conservative corporate clients" would probably be more comfortable with Redhat given that it's a public company, over, say, one of the less formally structured distro teams.
However, I would reiterate my comment regarding trying out the free version first -- why risk $350 if you don't have to? I'd get my feet wet first with the free version, and then if it works out (as it almost certainly will) go ahead with the purchase version. Speaking only for myself, if one of my employees spent $350 for something that turned out to be a total dead-end, and I knew that he/she could have tried it out first for free but didn't, I can guarantee the next time they came to me with a P.O. I'd be grilling them "Now this isn't going to be another one of those Redhat deals, is it?" That's just my opinion, and as I said, Redhat is a quality product and probably will work out very, very well, but I'd still suggest trying the free version first. Good luck with it either way -- J.W.
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