Re: a Debian user's introduction to Redhat EL4?
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Roberto � wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 09:14:51AM +0200, Joe Hart wrote:
>> I wonder if it might not be designed this way on purpose. I mean how
>> better to sell support contracts when the product needs support because
>> the admins run into trouble? Kind of like the conspiracy theory that
>> says that a lot of the viruses come from the same people who make the
>> anti-virus programs, thus creating a business for themselves.
>>
>> Now of course this can't really be true, but one does have to wonder.
>>
> Using RedHat in my day job has caused me to do some reflection.
> Basically, I have come to the conclusion that while I like Debian much
> better, RedHat does make a good solid and stable operating system. In
> addition, RedHat employs some very well known F/OSS hackers (Tridge,
> Alan Cox and others), plus many people whose sole or primary job is to
> contribute changes, updates, fixes and so on to various free software
> projects.
>
> Remeber, the default business model (so to speak) in the free software
> world is to give away the software and charge for the support, custom
> modifications and so on. That is what RedHat does. To hammer them for
> it is a bit disingenuous. Besides, all of those people have families to
> feed and so on. I'd rather see RedHat out there charging quite a bit
> and making a nice profit in their enterprise and then allowing the whole
> world to benefit from their contributions. The alternative is more like
> MS and Apple. They charge quite a bit of money, make a nice profit and
> then the only people who benefit are the executives and shareholders.
>
> Regards,
>
> -Roberto
>
Yes, I agree with you. I don't think the Red Hat model is bad at all,
thus my statement about not believing my conspiracy theory. My question
lies more in the anti-virus world than it does in the Linux world.
I had no intention to bash Red Hat, and if you got that impression from
my message, then you misinterpreted me, or I was not eloquent enough in
the first place. I have made it a policy not to say unkind things to
people who do hard work, but I do express my opinions about said work.
There are a number of people who earn their living from support, and I
will most likely be one of them in the near future.
I need to eat too, and the best way for me to earn a living is to live
on the problems that other people have. I can be thankful that the
majority of the people in this world do not have a geeks mentality when
it comes to their computer. It is not an appliance like your DVD
player, although many people treat it as such. That is what I am
counting on, because it creates a market for people like me and you.
(And I am not calling you a geek Roberto, however much the statement
above might imply it)
Joe
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