Why install RedHat without a subscription? Because all the world knows RedHat.
Why not switch to CentOS and get updates?  Because CentOS is one of the best-kept secrets of the web.
 
How many google searches on RedHat and Updates and License return a link to the CentOS sites?  The wikipedia entry does, none of the others in the "first 10" hits, so finding CentOS takes knowing that it's there.

From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of James Hogarth
Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2010 4:13 PM
To: CentOS mailing list
Subject: Re: [CentOS] what people really mean when they say they're running"5.3"?

I do find this behaviour very odd... if you are not intending to get support from redhat why not just install CentOS in the beginning so you can still get updates? Ah well...

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On 8 Aug 2010 18:58, "John R Pierce" <pierce@hogranch.com> wrote:
> On 08/08/10 9:11 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>> when i asked the organizer to identify the specific version of RHEL
>> that was being used at the client site, i was told 5.3 so i can easily
>> install 5.3 on the classroom machines, but i'm curious about something
>> and i'll have my contact look into it: if people *initially* install
>> 5.3, is it standard behaviour to still regularly upgrade as new
>> releases come out?
>
> sadly, I find far too many people who installed RHEL x.y, but don't have
> an RHN subscription so they NEVER UPDATE THE SYSTEM.
>
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