[linux-elitists] RedHat drops the other shoe

[Collins]

On Thursday 27 February 2003 08:13 am, 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.
>
> On Thu, 27 Feb 2003, Shawn McMahon wrote:
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> > Well, well.  My one and only Red Hat system is also my one and only
> > Red Hat Network free subscription.
> >
> > RH just sent me an email stating that I have 7 days to fill out a survey
> > to extend my "demo" account another 60 days.  The implication in the
> > email is that after that 60 days, there are no freebies any longer.
> >
> > Fortunately I have apt-rpm on there and don't use up2date to keep my
> > system updated, but I wonder what affect all of the Red Hat systems that
> > will suddenly no longer be getting security updates are going to have on
> > the 'net?
> >

As someone else said, there's always debian or (gasp, dare I say it) gentoo, 
where much more than what RH offers is available free to all takers.  And 
yes, Virginia, the security anouncements are just as rel;iable as RH.  RH is 
a business, and they can certainly do what they damn well please.

-- 
Collins Richey - Denver Area
Athlon-XP gentoo 1.4_rc2 kde 3.1