People also buy Red Hat Network entitlements that give them access to updated rpms and isos. --- Vladimir -------- Vladimir G. Ivanovic http://leonora.org/~vladimir 2770 Cowper St. vladimir@acm.org Palo Alto, CA 94306-2447 +1 650 678 8014 "HBH" == Hetz Ben Hamo <hetz@kde.org> writes: >> Presumably he's one who hopes that Red Hat will eventually understand that >> its customers really do need to plan these things. HBH> And I would hope that maybe Red Hat will finally think about HBH> their business plan... HBH> Some how - with a ratio of 1000:10 (10 purchases for almost every HBH> 1000 downloads - I heard it un-officially form a very well known HBH> group who calculate those kind of stuff) I hardly see Red Hat HBH> make profit for the long run and it's a shame. I really would HBH> like to enjoy and to see Redhat 8.x etc... HBH> Perhaps someone from Red Hat would think to do something like: HBH> 1. Upon release - do not release free ISO's - only sell boxes. HBH> 2. 30-45 days after the initial release - free ISO's will be HBH> offered. First for up2date customers and then to the HBH> public... HBH> After all, making a new version of Red Hat does cost money, and a HBH> lot of it. Support contracts are not that profitable (I know, I HBH> was in the business).. _______________________________________________ Redhat-devel-list mailing list Redhat-devel-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-devel-list
