Re: [ossig] Need to know where to get RedHat legal copy in Kl.

[Ken Wong <ken@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thursday 08 April 2004 16:55, Tze-Meng Tan wrote:
> > ahahaha... you should ask Red Hat then.  This price directly
> > convert from Red Hat page :)
>
> Ah, the one world one price policy....like M$

The problem with the one world, one price policy for a linux 
distribution is that it ignores the cost of labor difference in each 
country. The main value in buying a licensed linux distribution is the 
human support but if you are charging US prices in a third world 
country, you're pricing yourself out of the market. The traditional 
software model isn't as sensitive to this.

For RM10k for the advanced server, I would honestly rather get a 
technical specialist who knows what he's doing and have him install 
Debian stable or something of the sort. If I have several servers then 
the math gets even more appealing.

-- 
Kenneth Wong
IOSN Programme Consultant, UNDP-APDIP, Malaysia
DID: +603 2091 5169 Fax: +603 2093 9740
International Open Source Network: http://www.iosn.net
UNDP Asia Pacific Development Information Programme: 
http://www.apdip.net


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