too many reviews, not enough content
too many reviews, not enough content
Posted Jun 4, 2002 0:15 UTC (Tue) by emkey (guest, #144)In reply to: too many reviews, not enough content by crouchet
Parent article: Linuxlookup.com reviews Red Hat 7.3
>>I don't think I can agree with this perspective. Microsoft's update is not free -- they just make you pay for it as part of the package price.
The what am I paying for with RedHat? I haven't looked to see what the standard version of 7.3 costs, but based on previous versions I'd guess it's around $79. I can get Windows for $20 more.
The vast majority of the code in RedHat is free, so the profit delta should be substantially higher for RedHat on a per copy basis then it is for Microsoft on windows.
Besides, I believe Suse provides this service for free. So why not RedHat?
It's a very poor decision on their part to charge additional money for this feature. And it's the main reason I won't be buying their product in the future.
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