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Where are the strategies similiar?
JBoss is open source. The complete source is available under the
GPL. Red Hat GPLs all of the code it develops. Red Hat makes all
of the source used by its RHEL available to everyone and anyone.

Red Hat provides support services and they charge a fee for it.
Mr Matusow only point is he is clueless about the Red Hat model
and how it diverges from the MS model.

"The software stack is another way Red Hat can assure that
people buy its products. They will work well together. Sound
familiar?"

Red Hat is all about selecting open source solutions and
bundling them in a distribution that encourages people to use it
and pay a fee for the service. It does sound familiar as it is the
basis of all open source *nix (though some don't charge
anything and are community supported), but it is not at all like
MS.

"Red Hat is looking for a way to persuade buyers not to obtain
the software for free."

No Red Hat is looking for a proposition that enables them to sell
more services. The software will still be available for free and it
is guaranteed by the GPL. Piracy has nothing to do with the Red
Hat model.

Your square peg simply won't fit in the round hole.
Posted by: Richard Flude   Posted on: 04/10/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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It IS inevitable  Sabz5150 | 04/10/06
It is a defining moment, 1/3 of a billion is not small change.  DonnieBoy | 04/10/06
RE: It IS inevitable  markbn | 04/11/06
Open source piracy  Anton Philidor | 04/10/06
Have to correcft this typo.  Anton Philidor | 04/10/06
Typo or no...  Jeremy Chappell | 04/10/06
Your bill...  Anton Philidor | 04/10/06
what part are you missing Anton?  Monkey_MCSE | 04/10/06
If every buyer...  Anton Philidor | 04/10/06
Everyone *can* get RedHat's software without payment  mosborne | 04/11/06
Actually...  LinuxHippie | 04/10/06
Right question, wrong answer  Yagotta B. Kidding | 04/10/06
You have no real concept of the difference, do you?  el1jones | 04/10/06
Is Red Hat selling services...  Anton Philidor | 04/10/06
Piracy?  Richard Flude | 04/10/06
Exclusivity in open source.  Anton Philidor | 04/10/06
Where are the strategies similiar?  Richard Flude | 04/10/06
Let's try a hypothetical situation.  Anton Philidor | 04/10/06
So hypothetically they are similiar? Clearly they aren't  Richard Flude | 04/10/06
People buy from Red Hat...  Anton Philidor | 04/10/06
Consumers vs Enterprise consumer  Richard Flude | 04/10/06
Piracy (free version) helps MS just like a free version helps RedHat  DonnieBoy | 04/11/06
Who writes this drivel???  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/10/06
It already has  Richard Flude | 04/10/06
Enterprise Versions  imcdermid | 04/11/06
Open Source Dilemma  think_tank | 04/11/06
Kinda backwards...  techboy_z | 04/11/06
Backward and forward...  think_tank | 04/11/06
Red Hat is an open source monopoly  think_tank | 04/11/06
Oh please  mosborne | 04/11/06
He's right...  techboy_z | 04/11/06
Not Silly  think_tank | 04/11/06

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