Sujet : Re: Anti-FOSS Lunacy (was Re: Another FOSS Gem)
De : bowman (at) *nospam* montana.com (rbowman)
Groupes : comp.os.linux.advocacyDate : 24. May 2024, 22:57:43
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On Fri, 24 May 2024 16:13:58 -0400, Joel wrote:
It's curious what I'd think I'd be getting out of ~$200 for Red Hat, as
opposed to a free distro like Mint. I don't care about support, as if
I'm going to call them on the phone or something, what are they
suggesting I could do with their implementation of the OS, that I can't
do right now? It seems imaginary, really.
I'm following through on a common argument in the enterprise world. "Use
Linux? But, but, but it isn't supported!" Red Hat realized money was to
be made with a curated, supported version and jumped on it, They were
pulling in over 3 billion before IBM bought them.
I'm not sure but SUSE Linux Enterprise might have been the first to offer
a supported distro.
The irony is I doubt many enterprise users ever call Microsoft support
either. Microsoft created a whole industry with 'Microsoft Certified
Whatever' where people earned the certification at their own (or a
company's expense) so they could support MS products without bothering MS.
I don't know how well the Linux certification scheme fared.