Christopher Chan wrote: > On Sunday, July 10, 2011 10:41 PM, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: > >> The actual point I wanted to make is not what "western world" has done >> to my country, that has been, is now (Libya for instance) and will be, >> and I am not moping about that. But looking from the other side of the >> presented truth (by corporate media) I have witnessed deliberate and >> opened lies from every single news media from *every* country including >> mine and from politicians and corporations, so perception that (even) >> Red Hat is not trying to undermine those he sees as enemies/competitors >> is for me false. >> >> I hope this clears things a bit and convince you I was focusing on >> deception and not the any political agenda. >> > > Redhat does not try to undermine enemies/competitors. They get open > source and GPL and they have an entire business model based on these two > concepts. They do not need to undermine anybody because that is > impossible with open source and especially so with software under GPL. > > Redhat has gone BEYOND the GPL. The GPL only requires that you make the > source and build scripts available to those that you distribute to. Nor > are you required to make the source/build scripts available for free. > The fact that you can get your grubby hands on the source rpms without > even downloading RHEL let alone use/install RHEL is testimony to the > fact that Redhat does not need to and has never tried to undermine any > would be enemy/competitor. Think about it. I see it as excellent business model that helped them be where they are now. The benefit for us/world is indisputable, and I am deeply grateful for that, but be aware that their business is based on giving *service* to their customers, and that board of directors is responsible for bringing ever increasing profit margin to their shareholders. They have found excellent balance, but were pressed from Oracle and they needed more time to distinctively separate from the crowd so customers are reminded that they *are* the leader. But it is only my view of the events, and I might be wrong. Or we both might be partially right. Ljubomir