Re: GNU licenses

[Alexander Terekhov]

David Kastrup wrote:
[...]
> Well, you can also get whitebox Linux or something like that (don't
> remember the name right now) which is basically the RedHat enterprise
> software without the service.

http://www.centos.org freeware. Major pain in Red Hat's ass. 

Sponsored by SUN. :-)

http://www.centos.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=128

It's not certified by Oracle, SAP, and alike Red Hat's partners. 

> 
> > And as for fixing, there's product warranty and free updates. In Red
> > Hat's world, stability and good quality is enemy (because they sell
> > patching services).
> 
> You think RedHat would have a significant customer base of their
> products were unstable and low quality?
> 
> Who'd buy that?

Hint: "... customers decided that Linux was good enough--for instance, 
some of the things we've been doing recently with Sybase and their IQ 
product."

http://news.com.com/Firing+up+IBMs+Unix+business+-+page+2/2008-1010_3-6101559-2.html

So it's merely good enough and somewhat cheaper.

regards,
alexander.