[aclug-L] Re: FW: Red Hat Network ...

[Chris Owen <owenc@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 6 Mar 2003, Lars von dem Ast wrote:

> Dale W Hodge wrote:
>
> >This article is an interesting read.  I'm not quite sure what I think about
> >RedHat's policies...
> >
> >
> >.. from today's register:
> >
> >    "Getting Red Hat Network support for free just got harder
> >     Surveyware? Egad...
> >        http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/29542.html";
> >
> >    and yet another reason NOT to depend on RH ...
>
> Yeah, I got my warning by email that my "demo" account was ending in a
> few days and that I could renew it for 60 days. I immediately
> downloaded Debian (jigdo is, well...rather unique...). Everybody's got
> their hand out begging these days. I feel like a large fish with
> thousands of swarming $30/mo. parasites trying to attach themselves to
> me....

So the software is still 100% free and so is support if you jump through a
few hoops.  How terrible of them.  They should simply inform all their
employees that software and service is always free so they will no longer
be paying anyone any more.  Shouldn't really impact the employees though
because everything in life is free so why do they need money?

Chris

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