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how much $$ do they want for security patches? ;)

• voytec 4y ago
  I'm sure you'll learn this from ads in motd, apt (if it's still working) and possibly new places which Canonical's suits found suitable for ads placement.
• frant-hartm 4y ago
  Is it really that hard? https://ubuntu.com/pricing/pro https://ubuntu.com/pricing/pro
  • oriettaxx 4y ago
    yes, it is: 500$ + 22% vat, per server, per year
    • sbuk 4y ago
      Do you contribute otherwise to using FLOSS servers?
      • oriettaxx 4y ago
        if so, do I get a discount?
• josephcsible 4y ago
  For context for other readers, security updates for packages in universe and multiverse used to be "best effort". Now, Canonical's security team does the work of patching all of them just like with main and restricted, except that they're gated behind an Ubuntu Pro subscription even if you're on the latest Ubuntu release.
  • oriettaxx 4y ago
    it is not that easy: in our context (where we have to assure our customerss that the operating systems are patched for security) it practically means that we are not respecting the contract. We have a a lot of servers (all VMs), who doesn't these days?, due to splitting in a lot of micro-services, that means that with the PRO move we have a LOT of added costs: customers says, of course, why don't you use another linux? It was our (my personal, actually) mistake to move from Centos to Ubuntu some years ago: plus another big mistake was not to feel it coming (the PRO move, I mean), even by reading HN daily! I figured it out only the day I saw, in the cli, the pretty explicit message, which to me sounded like: * there are security patches available, but you don't get it until you give us 500$