Re: [SLUG] Windows update

From: Bryan J. Smith (b.j.smith@ieee.org)
Date: Mon Sep 20 2004 - 20:21:03 EDT


?
Red Hat servers still provide 100 percent free updates for all community versions of Linux, including all the way back to Red Hat Linux 7.3.
Just because you can't pay for priority downloads, or they don't call it "Red Hat(R)" anymore for serious legal issues, does not mean it isn't free or Red Hat does not provide them.
It is in Red Hat's own best interest to provide updates for CL2.3 (RHL7.3) and CL3.1/3.2 (RHL9/FC1) as they correspond directly to RHEL2 and RHEL3, respectively.
The only 2 things Red Hat is guilty of 1) Wanting to make sure the trademark "Red Hat(R)" was not declared public domain by the USPTO and 2) Stop having to maintain updates for 6-7 concurrent revisions when the last ".2" (or ".3") revision in a release would suffice (and businesses who think otherwise can pay for it).

-- 
Bryan J. Smith (currently mobile)
b.j.smith@ieee.org

-----Original Message----- From: Levi Bard Date: 04-9-20 15:35 To: slug@nks.net Subj: Re: [SLUG] Windows update

> Microschmuck, as dubious as they are, has > never charged for use of Windows Update.

That's one thing that pissed me off when RedHat started charging for redhat update or rhn or whatever they're calling it now. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided as an unmoderated internet service by Networked Knowledge Systems (NKS). Views and opinions expressed in messages posted are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of NKS or any of its employees.

----------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided as an unmoderated internet service by Networked Knowledge Systems (NKS). Views and opinions expressed in messages posted are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of NKS or any of its employees.



This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.3 : Fri Aug 01 2014 - 17:55:02 EDT