Views from an Red Hat -> Ubuntu -> Fedora migrator

[Digimer]

On 10/23/2012 11:42 AM, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 07:34:09AM +0100, Ben Walton wrote:
>> That matches my experience as well and also demonstrates nicely why
>> the redhat model works.  They're a value add making money selling a
>> "free" product.
> 
> Unfortunately a lot of companies think RHEL is the only linux distribution
> and hence won't even talk to you if you try to run their software on
> anything else.
> 
> Not really redhat's fault, other than for being successful at doing what
> they do.

It's not that companies feel that RHEL is the only Linux distro. It's
that Red Hat the support company is the best at providing support to
large businesses. Companies pay Red Hat for access to timely updates and
for their support infrastructure.

Those who don't need or don't want to pay for that can use CentOS and
get 100% the same software without paying any money.

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