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

[Colin Charles <byte@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 2004-04-09 at 13:30, Tze-Meng Tan wrote:
> I just realised ..
> The subject of this email is dripping with Irony
> 
> Red Hat, a GNU/Linux based Operating System  licensed under GPL ... and 
> we are talking about "Legal Copies" hmmm, whats wrong with this picture
> 
> I can pickup a CDROM of FreeBSD from Imbi Plaza/Low Yat and be happy in 
> the knowledge that that is one of the very few legal software they sell 
> :)

The picture is misinformation in your mind

You can pick up a copy of RHEL 3 from Imbi/Low Yat, its not a problem,
as long as it isn't called RHEL 3 - it can be called White Box
Enterprise Linux, Pink Tie Linux 10, or anything for that matter, its
fine - this was a naming issue (with Red Hat legal) back even during the
Red Hat 8 days. Yes, downloading it from the Net is free too

You are just not entitled to support. If you want support, you buy a
"legal" copy, from RH, and you get onto a support contract, for *five*
(5) years

Now contrast that to OS X server which you have been so graciously
pushing hard - hardware that isn't popular, OS that support can
disappear quite quickly (look at the 10.2 line for instance - no more
updates, not even security), and cost thats pretty high, for quality
that isn't all that hip either (yes, I own Macs)

Pushing FreeBSD as an alternative to RHEL and saving RM3k is a novel
idea - FreeBSD rocks as a server. But its also filled with hardware woes
to support newer (possibly, higher performance) stuff (and even people
deeply involved in FreeBSD find it difficult to get around - ask a
certain Greg Lehey, for instance). 

Stop the FUD - how can the open source business survive when everyone is
pushing people in different directions and stabbing each other? I
thought FUD pushing was for a certain Redmond-based company to do
-- 
Colin Charles, byte@aeon.com.my
http://www.bytebot.net/


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