Comment Redhat are a GPL software company. Unlike Caldera (Score 1) 370
Redhat is worth supporting because they support GPL software. They pay for programmers to write GPL'ed code. There aren't many companies doing this.
You can download redhat for free. You can get a cheap cd for $2.
Or you can buy it for $50 and support free software programmers, and get some tech support.
Caldera are much more scary with their non-gpled addons etc.
Don't knock redhat just because they are successful. I wouldn't mind if they had 90% of the linux market, as long as they stayed GPL'ing everything, it would be an excellent situation.
Apparently they have 40 full time programmers currently working on GPL'ed projects... Imagined if that became 400?? that would rock.
I've been using unix for 8 years, and I find Redhat is fine for the more advanced user.
I don't use (or really like) RPM's, but they are helpful in some situations.. good for newbies... Though I do detest when people are too lazy to progress past rpm level - that is the fault of people not RedHat though.
More power to them...
If you're going to bash, bash anything remotely non-free.. like QT/troll tech/caldera/APSL. But as long as Redhat are fully GPL'ed then support them.
The important issue is whether the code is free.
wayne.
You can download redhat for free. You can get a cheap cd for $2.
Or you can buy it for $50 and support free software programmers, and get some tech support.
Caldera are much more scary with their non-gpled addons etc.
Don't knock redhat just because they are successful. I wouldn't mind if they had 90% of the linux market, as long as they stayed GPL'ing everything, it would be an excellent situation.
Apparently they have 40 full time programmers currently working on GPL'ed projects... Imagined if that became 400?? that would rock.
I've been using unix for 8 years, and I find Redhat is fine for the more advanced user.
I don't use (or really like) RPM's, but they are helpful in some situations.. good for newbies... Though I do detest when people are too lazy to progress past rpm level - that is the fault of people not RedHat though.
More power to them...
If you're going to bash, bash anything remotely non-free.. like QT/troll tech/caldera/APSL. But as long as Redhat are fully GPL'ed then support them.
The important issue is whether the code is free.
wayne.
