[Fwd: Red Hat Linux 8.0 now available on Red Hat Network]

[Iraj Medifar]

I don't know about suSE, but doesn't Mandrake do the same thing? Seems to me 
RH has borrowed a page from them.
IM


On Tuesday 01 October 2002 07:48 am, you wrote:
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Red Hat Linux 8.0 now available on Red Hat Network
> Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 06:45:31 -0400
> From: Red Hat Network <rhn-admin at rhn.redhat.com>
> To: rathaus at gtcom.net
>
> Red Hat Linux 8.0 is now available.  Get priority access to the Red Hat
> Linux 8.0 upgrade by subscribing to Red Hat Network Basic service for
> just
> $60 USD annually.  Get it now:
>
> https://rhn.redhat.com/network/sales/purchase.pxt
>
> What does $60 a year get you?
>
> Snip
>
> Got this piece of bloat from RH today. It does raise a couple of
> questions though. 1) In what part of their anatomy does RH carry their
> brains around in and 2) does Bill Gates secretly own RH.
>
> Why would RH think that Open source people would pay them $60/yr to stay
> on their upgrade download list. Gates planned the same thing for XP and
> it blew up in his face. And his customers only had one choice either M$
> or M$. With RH trying the gates thing I guess there'll be a lot of spill
> over business to Mandrake and SuSE.
>
> Lee
> _______________________________________________
> Linux-users mailing list
> Linux-users at linux-sxs.org
> Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc ->
> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users