-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Roberto � wrote: > On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 09:14:51AM +0200, Joe Hart wrote: >> I wonder if it might not be designed this way on purpose. I mean how >> better to sell support contracts when the product needs support because >> the admins run into trouble? Kind of like the conspiracy theory that >> says that a lot of the viruses come from the same people who make the >> anti-virus programs, thus creating a business for themselves. >> >> Now of course this can't really be true, but one does have to wonder. >> > Using RedHat in my day job has caused me to do some reflection. > Basically, I have come to the conclusion that while I like Debian much > better, RedHat does make a good solid and stable operating system. In > addition, RedHat employs some very well known F/OSS hackers (Tridge, > Alan Cox and others), plus many people whose sole or primary job is to > contribute changes, updates, fixes and so on to various free software > projects. > > Remeber, the default business model (so to speak) in the free software > world is to give away the software and charge for the support, custom > modifications and so on. That is what RedHat does. To hammer them for > it is a bit disingenuous. Besides, all of those people have families to > feed and so on. I'd rather see RedHat out there charging quite a bit > and making a nice profit in their enterprise and then allowing the whole > world to benefit from their contributions. The alternative is more like > MS and Apple. They charge quite a bit of money, make a nice profit and > then the only people who benefit are the executives and shareholders. > > Regards, > > -Roberto > Yes, I agree with you. I don't think the Red Hat model is bad at all, thus my statement about not believing my conspiracy theory. My question lies more in the anti-virus world than it does in the Linux world.
I had no intention to bash Red Hat, and if you got that impression from my message, then you misinterpreted me, or I was not eloquent enough in the first place. I have made it a policy not to say unkind things to people who do hard work, but I do express my opinions about said work. There are a number of people who earn their living from support, and I will most likely be one of them in the near future. I need to eat too, and the best way for me to earn a living is to live on the problems that other people have. I can be thankful that the majority of the people in this world do not have a geeks mentality when it comes to their computer. It is not an appliance like your DVD player, although many people treat it as such. That is what I am counting on, because it creates a market for people like me and you. (And I am not calling you a geek Roberto, however much the statement above might imply it) Joe - -- Registerd Linux user #443289 at http://counter.li.org/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGHpmniXBCVWpc5J4RAmj/AJ9tyQdZwXI4GJHCpYh5zgWPBC8WRwCgt5vY hHRowRQ8GXnozQHQNJnR8DI= =Hp1e -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]