FC2 Issues

[Rodolfo J. Paiz]

At 15:27 6/17/2004, akonstam at trinity.edu wrote:
>In someways what you say is true but RedHat offerers no more support to
>me with fedora that it offered on any other distribution.

In every way, what he says is true. And if you have the same level of 
support you used to have, what are you upset about?

>In fact what
>happened is something I have said all along. You can not make money
>selling open software which you also give away.

Well, thank God Red Hat, Inc. has managed it for a few years now. I hope 
they continue to manage it for decades longer and will do my best to help them.

>The truth is there is
>a distribution of Linux called Centos which is RH Enterprise Linux
>fully free in binary and source form with out the proprietary extras.
>So actually I could afford RedHat Enterprise Linux without paying
>them. And get the support I have always gotten from user lists.-

There is also WBEL and there are others. Remember, however, that those 
projects are not adding value on their own. They are able to exist and 
operate because Red Hat made the decision to allow it and make it workable, 
by supplying SRPMS of all packages and upgrades freely to all, regardless 
of whether or not you've bought something from them. They are going 
*beyond* what the GPL requires... not only adding value but also giving 
away more, and doing so by choice not by force.

Given that this is the case, and that by your statements I infer that you 
are *not* paying Red Hat for anything, again... what are you upset about, 
and why would you believe you have a legitimate grievance against them?

Cheers,


-- 
Rodolfo J. Paiz
rpaiz at simpaticus.com
http://www.simpaticus.com