> Generally speaking, you pay for two things; Support and/or access to specific > servers. You don't pay for the software, that's free. So in this case, you > get 60 > days access to the update servers that SUSE maintains. > > The value in this is that, when security or bug fix updates come out, you get > the updates tested and supported against SUSE. This removes a lot of risk > and makes your life easier. So when the trial (or your > subscription) expires, the software keeps working just fine, but from then > on, you have to find, test and install updates on your own. > > It is the same model for Red Hat, LINBIT and other open source companies. It > is how companies are able to give their work away for free and still stay in > business. :) >
That's what I wanted to hear. Thanks for the clarification. --Eric _______________________________________________ Users mailing list: [email protected] http://lists.clusterlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/users Project Home: http://www.clusterlabs.org Getting started: http://www.clusterlabs.org/doc/Cluster_from_Scratch.pdf Bugs: http://bugs.clusterlabs.org
