Jim Perrin wrote: > On 5/15/07, Mark Quitoriano <markquitoriano at gmail.com> wrote: >> what would you get from buying from redhat that you will not get if you >> download it from centos? > > Access to redhat's finest web and phone based technical support, and > some different artwork. For corporate users (and this is occasionally > important for them) you get someone to 'blame' if the software doesn't > do what you want, the way you want it. Yes, you get to "blame" them, but if you read the fine print in the EULA you've already agreed to hold them harmless. Kinda like M$ in that regard. I've had one experience with upstream's "paid support." I was so satisfied that all my systems now run CentOS. Best,