David Kastrup wrote: [...] > Well, you can also get whitebox Linux or something like that (don't > remember the name right now) which is basically the RedHat enterprise > software without the service.
http://www.centos.org freeware. Major pain in Red Hat's ass. Sponsored by SUN. :-) http://www.centos.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=128 It's not certified by Oracle, SAP, and alike Red Hat's partners. > > > And as for fixing, there's product warranty and free updates. In Red > > Hat's world, stability and good quality is enemy (because they sell > > patching services). > > You think RedHat would have a significant customer base of their > products were unstable and low quality? > > Who'd buy that? Hint: "... customers decided that Linux was good enough--for instance, some of the things we've been doing recently with Sybase and their IQ product." http://news.com.com/Firing+up+IBMs+Unix+business+-+page+2/2008-1010_3-6101559-2.html So it's merely good enough and somewhat cheaper. regards, alexander. _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
