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If you are operating a billion-dollar computer paying IBM/Redhat is probably a good idea.
by ThinkBeat 6y ago
If you are operating a billion-dollar computer paying IBM/Redhat is probably a good idea.
- unreal37 6y agoLinux has come so far in the past 20 years, that not paying an annual license fee is now shameful.
- ethbr0 6y agoIf you are operating a billion-dollar computer, not using IBM/Redhat is probably a good idea. At that scale, hiring your own quality support and running open systems is a drop in the bucket. If you want the full IBM/Redhat experience, then you can even afford to hire 5+ layers of middle management and PMs between you and your engineers.
- dboreham 6y ago> At that scale, hiring your own quality support and running open systems is a drop in the bucket. "support" doesn't mean reading man pages, it means diagnosing and fixing some intermittent bug in Intel's 10G NIC driver.
- bachmeier 6y agoAlso, and this is why you pay Red Hat specifically: Having easy access to the developer that compiled a package, made a particular design decision for the OS, etc.
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- bitcharmer 6y agoNo offence, I've been in Linux business for 15+ years but I'm struggling to comprehend your comment. Apologies in advance, I'm not a native speaker.
- bachmeier 6y agoAssuming you mean "billion dollar company", I think they always did, but they did it for the support.