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Article #49Re: RedHat CEO says home users shouldn't use Linux
From: Gregory Toomey
Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2003 05:53
Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2003 05:53
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It was a dark and stormy night, and Jacob Heider managed to scribble: > On Wed, 05 Nov 2003 15:05:21 +1000, Gregory Toomey wrote: > >> It was a dark and stormy night, and Keith Clark managed to scribble: >> >>> http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-5101690.html >>> >>> He says home users should stick to Windows because home users can't >>> figure out how to hook up a USB camera. >>> >>> That does it. I'm going to SuSE. RedHat can rot. >> >> They seem to forget that the nerds use Linux at home, college, AS WELL AS >> in the enterprise. Reh Hat is forcing users to buy support with their >> latest offering, & breaking the GPL. So the nerds that made Red Hat what > > I what sense are they "breaking the GPL"? The GPL was designed to product > their right to make money by selling software licensed under it (in > addition to other things). > The new Redhat licensing forces to pay for support if you use the product. If you use the software & dont pay, you are in breach of the Redhat Licence. This is in breach of the GPL, which always allows derivative works to be distributed for free. (You can pay of course, but there must always be a free version). In addition, it allows Redhat to conduct audits. >> it is are now leaving in droves (forget fedora). >> > > Any particular reason? Redhat + community support, should be at least as > good as any other community supported linux, since it's starting from the > redhat codebase. I think that there are better development models out there - Mandrake, Debian +Debian Derivatives.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1055b9,2ea54bd0646aeea X-Google-Attributes: gid1055b9,public X-Google-Thread: 102983,a391555474ffb62e X-Google-Attributes: gid102983,public X-Google-Thread: fe2cf,2ea54bd0646aeea X-Google-Attributes: gidfe2cf,public X-Google-Thread: 1154bf,2ea54bd0646aeea X-Google-Attributes: gid1154bf,public X-Google-Thread: 107b38,2ea54bd0646aeea X-Google-Attributes: gid107b38,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-11-04 21:53:25 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!dialup-239.16.221.203.acc03-pert-too.comindico.com.AU!not-for-mail From: Gregory Toomey <nospam@bigpond.com> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.redhat,linux.redhat,alt.os.linux.redhat,alt.linux.redhat,aus.computers.linux Subject: Re: RedHat CEO says home users shouldn't use Linux Followup-To: comp.os.linux.redhat,aus.computers.linux Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2003 15:53:45 +1000 Organization: very little Lines: 38 Message-ID: <1461459.XJWvGJHOOx@gregs-web-hosting-and-pickle-farming> References: <pan.2003.11.05.04.09.23.808776@hotmail.com> <17532361.tm2asPQNcB@gregs-web-hosting-and-pickle-farming> <pan.2003.11.05.05.36.24.671893@comcast.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: dialup-239.16.221.203.acc03-pert-too.comindico.com.au (203.221.16.239) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de 1068011603 47013773 203.221.16.239 (16 [202028]) User-Agent: KNode/0.7.2 X-hello: Why are you looking at my headers - bet your crappy Outlook Express can't do this!