Re: Is there a cost for bussiness to use Debian?
On Tue, Apr 26, 2005 at 07:29:23PM +0200, Nacho wrote:
> As somebody already said, you don't have to pay anything to use
> linux in a business...
> ...but you will have to pay for "commercial" support, for example if
> you want to be able to call somebody by telephone and ask him/her to
> help with the problems you may be having with your Linux
> installation.
Careful here. While you carefully said "linux", the original question
was about the costs of Debian, and a casual reader might infer that
Debian offers paid support. So, just to clear that up, Debian does
not offer paid support, but third-parties can and do offer support for
Debian systems.
> Also note that commercial support use to have strict exigencies,
> such as [requiring specific kernels, patches or hardware].
Depends on who's providing the commercial support. Linux support is a
completely free market, open to everyone from huge international
companies to private consultants. Limitations such as you describe
are more common to the larger, more generic support organizations.
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