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On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 09:50:50 +0000, Evan Lavelle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [Mozilla's given up on threading, so new subject] > > Stuart Brorson wrote: > >>>Anyway, when a company wants to run a copy of RHEL, they are likely to > >>>also want the support & quality assurance that comes with the real > >>>McCoy; they are accordingly willing to pay. And the advantage of > >>>GPL'ed software in this case is the openness, transparency, and > >>>(usually) stability of Linux. Also, with Linux there is no vendor > >>>lock-in and mandatory upgrade treadmill. Those qualitites are also > >>>worth paying for, if you are a serious company. > >> > >>That pretty much sums up RH's business model ;-) > > > > > > Indeed. And I think it's a good model, too. On one hand, you don't > > screw your customers for profit (like M$ does), and on the other hand, > > you have enough revenue that you can fund and support continued > > development of Linux. [1] > > But RHEL costs ~$800 - $2500 *per year* for usable versions. If that's > not "screwing your customers for profit", then I don't know what is. I > have no problem with profit, but this model doesn't make sense. I would > happily pay a few hundred $ for a stable professionally-supported and > developed distribution, but I'm not paying it every year. M$ is much > cheaper, and you can get updates indefinitely at no cost. > > BTW, if anyone has a link to the stripped-out version, I'd appreciate > it. I spent some time looking a couple of months ago and found nothing. > > Evan > >
