[clug] Google compared to latest Microsoft evilness

[wally at wic.net.au]

I fear this is where the translation was lost.

As I understand it so far :

Microsoft charge you (based on your hardware) for software  ..then 
offer free updates.

RH offer free software then charge you (based on your hardware) for updates.

Wally

(contemplating if running up a RHEL box for fun wuld be worth the effort)

Quoting Chris Smart <mail at christophersmart.com>:

> 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..
>
> -c
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