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Ending the Free Lunch
Hal Flynn, 2003-11-26

Linux vendors spend money building security bug fixes. How much longer will they give them away for free?

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Ending the Free Lunch 2003-11-26
Anonymous (1 replies)
The Cost of Ending the Free Lunch 2003-12-01
Anonymous (1 replies)
The Cost of Ending the Free Lunch 2003-12-06
Anonymous
Ending the Free Lunch 2003-11-26
Rob McQuillen
Lots of points missed... 2003-11-26
Penguinisto (2 replies)
Lots of points missed... 2003-12-01
Anonymous (1 replies)
Lots of points missed... 2003-12-01
Penguinisto
Lots of points missed... 2003-12-02
Anonymous (1 replies)
> 4) "For example, Red Hat moving to
> Enterprise distributions, which cost
> significantly more, and dropping their
> desktop operating systems."
>
> This is a completely inaccurate statement.
> http://fedora.redhat.com replaced
> that "desktop operating system" with a
> more community-based model.

From http://fedora.redhat.com:

"The Fedora Project is a Red-Hat-sponsored and community-supported open source project. It is also a proving ground for new technology that may eventually make its way into Red Hat products. It is not a supported product of Red Hat, Inc."

Here's the important part, because obviously, you've been there, and missed it before:

"It is not a supported product of Red Hat, Inc."

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Lots of points missed... 2003-12-03
Penguinisto
Ending the Free Lunch 2003-11-27
Anonymous Coward
Ending the Free Lunch 2003-11-27
Anonymous (2 replies)
Ending the Free Lunch 2003-11-28
Anonymous (1 replies)
Ending the Free Lunch 2003-12-01
Anonymous
Ending the Free Lunch 2003-11-28
Anonymous
Apple no, Suse sure 2003-11-27
groovecat
Ending the Free Lunch 2003-11-27
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Ending the Free Lunch 2003-11-27
cowbutt
Ending the Free Lunch 2003-11-27
Anonymous (2 replies)
Huh? 2003-11-28
OCG (2 replies)
Huh? 2003-11-30
Anonymous (1 replies)
Huh? 2003-12-01
Anonymous
Huh? 2003-11-30
Anonymous
Ending the Free Lunch 2003-11-29
Anonymous (2 replies)
Ending the Free Lunch 2003-12-02
trips
HEEE HEEE 2003-12-02
Anonymous
Filet Mignon 2003-11-28
Tomothy Millen
Missed the point quite a bit 2003-11-28
Anonymous (1 replies)
Missed the point quite a bit 2003-12-01
Anonymous (1 replies)
Missed the point quite a bit 2003-12-02
Anonymous
Ending the Free Lunch 2003-11-28
Anonymous (1 replies)
Ending the Free Lunch 2003-12-02
Anonymous
UH? 2003-11-30
Tripper
So wrong..... 2003-12-01
jmorris@beau.org
GPL - simple really 2003-12-01
Anonymous (1 replies)
GPL - simple really 2003-12-03
Anonymous
wrong 2003-12-01
Anonymous
Freedom, not Freeness 2003-12-01
Frihet
Ending the Free Lunch 2003-12-01
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Ending the Free Lunch 2003-12-01
Joseph Smith
Ending the Free Lunch 2003-12-01
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Ending the Free Lunch 2003-12-07
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Ending the Free Lunch 2003-12-01
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Ending the Free Lunch 2003-12-01
Anonymous (1 replies)
Ending the Free Lunch 2003-12-02
Anonymous
Who actually fixes bugs? 2003-12-01
Anonymous (1 replies)
Who actually fixes bugs? 2003-12-03
Anonymous
Ending the Free Lunch 2003-12-01
Z2
Ending the Free Lunch (IT reporting) 2003-12-01
Anonymous (1 replies)
Jouro-Lobbiest 2003-12-01
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Ending the Free Lunch 2003-12-02
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Ending the Free Lunch 2003-12-02
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Ending the Free Lunch 2003-12-02
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Ending the Free Lunch 2003-12-04
Anonymous
Lame article 2003-12-05
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Ending the Free Lunch 2003-12-05
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