On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 7:03 PM, Robert G. (Doc) Savage
<dsavage@peaknet.net> wrote:
True, but probably not in the way you meant.
That's just the article's title. ;-)
It's more of a statement
about Red Hat's business model than about any particular merits Linux
may have. Red Hat has managed to quantify in monetary terms the value of
professional maintenance and integration of free & open source software
in an organized distribution. If you use a computer operating system and
applications in your business or home, you'll pay an annual service fee
to have someone (in this case Red Hat) fix any problems that may be
found. These generally take two forms: function (bugs) or security
(vulnerabilities). The fees Red Hat collects go to pay thousands of
programmers, managers, and support personnel (HR, marketing, legal,
etc.).
I agree completely though.