[linux-elitists] RedHat drops the other shoe

[Dallam Wych]

On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 10:13:35AM -0500, Net Llama! wrote:
> My $deity, its horrifying that Redhat actually wants to make a profit!
> Such bastards.

> Sorry, but i don't see how this is a bad thing.  Granted, i haven't seen
> the actual email in question, but i suspect that ftp://updates.redhat.com
> will remain freely accessible, and that anyone wanting automagic updates
> would have to pay.  Getting a service usually means paying for said
> service.  The fact that Redhat provided it gratis for this long should be
> commended.

RedHat made this announcement at least a month ago along with the
end of life schedule for 7.2, 7.3, etc. This isn't news and I
haven't seen much grumbling about it on the various RH lists.
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