> > > Presumably he's one who hopes that Red Hat will eventually understand that > > its customers really do need to plan these things. > > And I would hope that maybe Red Hat will finally think about their business > plan... > > Some how - with a ratio of 1000:10 (10 purchases for almost every 1000 > downloads - I heard it un-officially form a very well known group who > calculate those kind of stuff) I hardly see Red Hat make profit for the long > run and it's a shame. I really would like to enjoy and to see Redhat 8.x > etc... > As I read RedHat's business plan/strategy is not to sell ISO's, but services and support. Why do you think they protect their trademark's and name so strongly? There are probably other reasons, but I believe it is because they know that that strong trademark and name is associated with a company that can show you how to deploy linux successfully in your organization and once it is deployed to answer the the tough questions when your staff has come to there wits end. This expertease and commitement to excelence is highly valued in businesses and organizations. Whether is substance behind the trademark is only to be seen when their services are purchased, and it is the substance not the trademark that will make them a great company (or if the substance lacks, will be their undoing). Anyway, since their business plan is based on services centered around linux, it makes _MUCH SENSE_ to deploy linux on as many systems as possible, and their doing this for free is an investement with the goal of building the biggest market possible for these linux services. There is more to it, I am sure, but this is enough to understand why holding back the ISO's and trying to really make their profits from media sells is a bad idea at best. This is all of course only my opinion based my observations of watching RedHat from the outside (and also completely off topic of this list (-;). > Perhaps someone from Red Hat would think to do something like: > > 1. Upon release - do not release free ISO's - only sell boxes. > 2. 30-45 days after the initial release - free ISO's will be offered. First > for up2date customers and then to the public... > > After all, making a new version of Red Hat does cost money, and a lot of it. > Support contracts are not that profitable (I know, I was in the business).. > Yes it does as any investment in a new market costs money, but I believe there is at least a good possibility of the investement paying off in spades. Cheers...james > Hetz > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-devel-list mailing list > Redhat-devel-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-devel-list > _______________________________________________ Redhat-devel-list mailing list Redhat-devel-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-devel-list
