[Centos] Red Hat Legal Targets www.centos.org website content

Scott Sharkey ssharkey at linuxunlimited.com
Mon Feb 14 18:17:41 UTC 2005


lee at leegarner.com wrote:
>>They would really prefer that you cease operations, discontinue your
>>product, and force everyone to purchase their (overpriced) products.
> 
> 
> "Overpriced" is subjective.  My company has happily standardized on RHEL.

When there is no option which does not include their "support", which I 
can obtain locally at far better prices, and with far, far better 
response times, I consider it overpriced.  It is subjective.
> 
>>I no longer recommend that company to my clients for any Linux work,
>>because they are completely out of touch with the Linux movement, and
>>Linux' core values.  I now happily recommend any of their competitors
>>when my clients ask me what distros.  I do recommend CentOS for most
>>everyone.
> 
> 
> I think that's a bit short-sighted.  Exactly where would CentOS and the
> other clones be without Red Hat's continued operations.

And would Red Hat be "the standard linux distribution" without the 
people who promoted their brand because it was reasonably priced at $79 
per package, and who have now been abandoned?  Probably not...

CentOS will continue, even if RedHat is purchased by Microsoft and 
absorbed by the borg...

-Scott




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