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The theory that Red Hat users are supposed to be paying for development of the system is a recent one. What Red Hat used to say is that the software is free and
by mjw1007 3y ago
The theory that Red Hat users are supposed to be paying for development of the system is a recent one. What Red Hat used to say is that the software is free and their users are paying for support.
That made a great deal of sense, as of course Red Hat themselves were shipping a great deal of software written by other people without paying for its development.
There's nothing confusing about people declining to go along with this change.
- mrweasel 3y ago> There's nothing confusing about people declining to go along with this change. No, but why stay on a platform from a vendor that has a business model you find hostile? I can see the need for a transition period, but I'd start looking for another vendor that has value and pricing that aligns more with my ideals. People seem hellbent on staying on a RHEL-like platform. Also, CentOS isn't/wasn't exactly new, the current pricing model from Redhat isn't nearly as old as CentOS.
- orthoxerox 3y ago> People seem hellbent on staying on a RHEL-like platform. Not really, Ubuntu Server has surged in popularity.