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Redhat has been selling service contracts to support their free software for more than 10 years.
by stephengillie 14y ago
Redhat has been selling service contracts to support their free software for more than 10 years.
- brudgers 14y agoRed hat started out selling their software. Their transition to a services company was facilitated by Linux software being integrated into enterprise in a mission critical manner. Most software is less critical to an IT department than an OS, and few things justify the scale of support within enterprise.