OK, I'll bite... i forgot about the ones like redhat and SuSE... I believe I
also saw mandrake at Wal-Mart now that I think about it.... but it all still
cost less for a better product, which is what we are all after anyway...
Paul
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael T. Babcock [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 9:32 AM
To: Paul Metzger
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Commercial vs OpenSource
Paul Metzger wrote:
> The Biggest advantage to useing commercial products is that you will get
> tech. support at least for some time anyway. Open Source products don't
come
> with tech. support my nature, but on the flip side, you can always get
help
> on most any open source product from mailing lists like this one.
I think that one was the can of worms ...
... an awful lot of open source software now comes with tech support. Its
called paying for it from RedHat or SuSE or someone else to that effect.
They'll all help you run ipchains and/or other software that comes in their
distributions. They also cost less per hour than most CCNE's do.
--
Michael T. Babcock, C.T.O. FibreSpeed
http://www.fibrespeed.net/~mbabcock
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