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Free is too expensive (Economist)

Free is too expensive (Economist)

Posted Mar 31, 2012 23:46 UTC (Sat) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523)
In reply to: Free is too expensive (Economist) by farnz
Parent article: Free is too expensive (Economist)

Basically, that's what's happening with commercial Linux software. It's usually certified for a couple of recent RHELs and if it works on other distributions then it's a free bonus.

Why desktop users don't flock to RHEL? Well, mostly because RHEL is not really usable as a desktop.


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