Ok, then wouldn't it also be possible to let people download? Maybe I am wrong but I think you can mirror for SUN or IBM on the JAVA thing. And yeah well hmmm when you buy a RH Box Set do you know what you are technically paying for? its not the software inside its the 6 months of support included by RH. To me it just seems like another way of selling support. And I don't think JAVA itself needs SUPPORT it seems pretty damn stable in any environment. > On Thursday 21 November 2002 18:07, David Durst wrote: >> Ok, I see your point. >> But no one said that they HAD to support it. >> But they don't control 97% of the software they distribute anyways. So >> the major difference is that they can see the source, uuuuuuuuuh >> anyone ask IBM for a VM under the IBM Shared Source license? >> I would be hard pressed to believe they would say no. > > Unfortionatly, not everybody reads the fine print, and "included in the > box" eludes to "supported". Especially if the only way to get that > "exras" cd was to purchase the box, and by the software you want to see > in it, this would be the only way, then there would be some very upset > customers that paid $$ for software that they can't get support on. > > -- > Jesse Keating > For Web Services and Linux Consulting, Visit --> j2Solutions.net > Mondo DevTeam (www.mondorescue.org) > > Was I helpful? Let others know: > http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=jkeating > > > > -- > Psyche-list mailing list > Psyche-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
