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Everyone *can* get RedHat's software without payment
The software is available for no fee. You just do not get any support for it and have to put everything together yourself and then maintain it your self. If you are willing to do it, you don't have to pay RedHat a thing.

However, many folks do not want to do all of those things themeselves and are willing to pay RedHat to provide those *services* to them. The payment is for services, not software. To me, that makes RedHat a services company.
Posted by: mosborne   Posted on: 04/11/06 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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