On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 08:54:06AM +1100, Kevin Waterson wrote: > This one time, at band camp, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jon Teh) wrote: > > > > If you have small servers, why not go with Professional Workstation (RHPW) > > > The cost is what you pay already for a boxed set plus updates. seems reasonable > > > to me. > > > > > > > You say this like people actually pay to use the Linux OS. > > I think you'll find in excess of 99% of Linux installs do not come from > > a paid box set. > > The 'everything for nothing' crowd will get left behind, or they can use > Fedora. >
It's strange you say that, as I've been using Debian for some time, and don't seem to be getting 'left behind'. It is also most certainly not "everything for nothing" as you put it, considering that people in the Linux communities such as the Debian one are fairly major code contributors to Open Source Software projects. This latest Red Hat rearrangement looks like just another indicator that the pay-for-Linux model just isn't working, with a lot of the commercial operators running on borrowed time (or as it may be, investors' money). With the costs of the new commercial Red Hat as high as they are, I'd be surprised if this change alone will be enough to prop up the company. -- Jon Teh -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
