> People know that it's been a long, free lunch with Red Hat Linux for > years. I'm pretty embarassed that there's a (hopefully small) group within RedHat that seems to see it that way. RedHat has benefitted from the community just as much as the community has benefited from RedHat. Sure, they deserve to make a profit just like any other business. But when Mat Szulik gets up on the stage at LinuxWorld and pontificates about how great it is that we all support the Open Source community, and then the company turns around and tells me to pay up for the free lunch I've been taking from them, I just want to spit in their face. I've spent most of my *LIFE* over the last ten years installing, patching, coding, maintaining, upgrading, teaching and learning about Linux, mostly on RedHat's platform. It's gone from a hobby to the *thing* that pays the bills and puts food in my Son's belly. I *AM* the community that helped get RedHat where it is now. I don't mind paying for the support and the services. That's how I make my money and naturally, I expect that that's how RedHat should make theirs. I was pretty excited to see RedHat take the community approach once they realized they couldn't keep up the pace of development and still remain profitable (among other reasons). I figured that they'd pushed it as far as they could and it was our turn to contribute. I'm dedicated to Fedora (currently focusing on Fedora Legacy) and look forward to what the future brings. Like the previous poster said, now that RedHat has made its move, small businesses (like mine) and *.edu are taking it up the ass. That's pretty much life and I'm willing to accept that without complaint. RedHat needs to be reminded though that it's in poor taste to throw it back in our faces telling us to "pay up or shut up". -Chuck -- Quantum Linux Laboratories - ACCELERATING Business with Open Technology * Education | -=^ Ad Astra Per Aspera ^=- * Integration | http://www.quantumlinux.com * Support | chuckw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx A: Because we read from top to bottom, left to right. Q: Why should i start my reply below the quoted text?
