[ale] How do people deal with RHEL?

[James Sumners]

Good point.

On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 3:56 PM,  <gene.poole at macys.com> wrote:
> I think everyone has overlooked Red Hat's true function.  Their true
> function is selling support.  They don't sell you software (if you exclude
> JBoss and RHDS), just support.  It's impossible to sell support with a
> included piece of software that may not be 100% compatible with the
> designated Linux kernel and make money.  The fewer calls to the RH Support
> Center, the less money they have to pay the support engineer's above their
> base pay.
>
> You want 1 additional package and I want another additional package, after
> awhile you've got Fedora... And I'm not saying anything is wrong with
> fedora. A business buys Red Hat for stability and knowing that a support
> site is there to help when one of the included packages breaks.
>
> It seems we aren't looking at Red Hat as a business like the ones we work
> for. Red Hat and other businesses make money by selling their product at
> what the market will bear and keeping the 'cost of doing business' as low as
> possible.
>
> Thanks,
> Gene Poole


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