[clug] Google compared to latest Microsoft evilness

[James Polley]

On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 4:12 PM, Chris Smart <mail at christophersmart.com>wrote:

> 2009/7/9 David Lloyd <lloy0076 at adam.com.au>:
> >
> > So, you want RHEL with updates for no cost?
>
> Precisely. I was told that I could install RHEL on any computer I
> wanted to for free and that if I wanted support some time down the
> track that I could get it then.
>
> But the original argument was simply that Red Hat restricts how you
> can run their Enterprise Linux software, that is to say you cannot run
> it without a subscription and one that matches your hardware.
>
> As I said before, if RHEL is free for anyone to download and run on
> any of there machines for ever and a day without ever having to pay
> anything, then I'll take back what I said. So far that doesn't appear
> to be the case.
>
> Anyway, I fear this discussion has probably run its course..


You seem to be confusing the ability to have access to pre-compiled
updates with the ability to run the software on your server.

Until you can distinguish between those two things, this discussion
isn't going to be able to move.

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