Since you've gone to a bunch of public trouble to say that this integration effort is valuable, I'm not at all sure why paying for it is objectionable, especially not in a business context where being able to say 'paid support for <time period>' is a selling point. (I can see 'do I have to?', or 'I think that's overpriced!', but 400 bucks is one day of your time *or less*; if having the subscription saves you that, it was worth it.)
I don't deny that it's valuable, but I was thinking that there are businesses to which a minimum of $350 per year is not an insignificant cost. Non-profits and engineering offices with less than 20 people are just two examples with which I am familiar. You're right, of course, that $350 is less than a day of consulting time, which is roughly what I'd say that it would take to do an upgrade, and make sure nothing broke.
This strikes me as a really quite good business model; it doesn't muck with GPL issues at all, it's clear about what it's selling, it makes it clear that RH is willing to compete on *product*, rather than "it's free!", an essential step in widespread market success, and it could well keep RH in the black.
This is a great point, in the larger scheme of things.
Thanks for the perspective. This is exactly the sort of reason I brought it up to begin with.
Regards, dk
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