> Check your facts. Microsoft doesn't sell support and most of the > time they > don't give support. They leave this one for your ISV, your computer > manufacturer, to your IT team, or to a consulting company. Yes they do... for larger companies anyway. For small businesses, Microsoft doesn't waste their time with them. > I would suggest you take a look at a couple of previews articles of Linux > weekly news (lwn.net) - those guys analyse Red Hat quater reports > - Red Hat > is still loosing money despite their claims of profitability, but > of course - > that really depends how you read the numbers. Of course it's how you read the numbers. But everyone in the tech sector (except security, maybe) are feeling the pinch right now. Selling CD's is not a huge part of RH's business model anyway. And they HAVE TO RELEASE THEIR GPL code to the public. Maybe if they introduced some propietary stuff to the mix or release 2 different versions of the software, like Smoothwall does... :-( Trev. _______________________________________________ Redhat-devel-list mailing list Redhat-devel-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-devel-list
