Dear Hetz Ben Hamo, Once you wrote about "Re: next release": HBH> > Presumably he's one who hopes that Red Hat will eventually understand that HBH> > its customers really do need to plan these things. HBH> HBH> And I would hope that maybe Red Hat will finally think about their business HBH> plan... I am sure they did so :) HBH> Some how - with a ratio of 1000:10 (10 purchases for almost every 1000 HBH> downloads - I heard it un-officially form a very well known group who HBH> calculate those kind of stuff) I hardly see Red Hat make profit for the long HBH> run and it's a shame. I really would like to enjoy and to see Redhat 8.x HBH> etc... Yeah, well, I am not asking my boss to buy something until I download and play with it :) CD selling is not RedHat's main business too, as was mentioned here. On the contrary, I suggest you look more at support services, consulting, certification and training and the like. HBH> Perhaps someone from Red Hat would think to do something like: HBH> 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 offered. First HBH> for up2date customers and then to the public... HBH> HBH> After all, making a new version of Red Hat does cost money, and a lot of it. HBH> Support contracts are not that profitable (I know, I was in the business).. 1. They will definitely have GPL-related issues in this case. 2. As far as I know, RedHat uses the community as the main development force. -- Best regards, Leonid Mamtchenkov, RHCE System Administrator Francoudi & Stephanou Ltd. _______________________________________________ Redhat-devel-list mailing list Redhat-devel-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-devel-list
