People don't buy linux licenses but support licenses. If you want to use Red Hat, you can get the free version. Which is exactly what smaller companies do. Big

People don't buy linux licenses but support licenses. If you want to use Red Hat, you can get the free version. Which is exactly what smaller companies do. Big companies tend to want to pay for ass coverage. IBM, and Oracle are in that business. IBM owns Red Hat, Oracle maintains a derivative for their customers. The primary thing they sell is consulting, support, training, cerfification, etc. Hashicorp is similar except much smaller. You don't buy their software but their support.