[ale] Fedora and RHN?

Chris Ricker kaboom at gatech.edu
Fri Nov 7 09:33:16 EST 2003


On Thu, 6 Nov 2003, Michael D. Hirsch wrote:

> I think that RH has shot itself in the foot.  The core of RH's business came 
> from people that had been using RH at home or on the side because they could 
> download it for free.  These people end up using it at work and then 
> convincing mgmt to pay RH for it.  It was the standard drug dealer marketing 
> campaign--give out free sample then change once your customers are hooked.

No. The core of RH's business is companies who buy RH because it's what ISVs 
support. No offense, but you really don't make a dent one way or the other 
in RH's bottom line....

later,
chris



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