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- From: "Brent Saner" <brent.saner@gmail.com>
- To: "Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List" <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
- Subject: Re: [PLUG] Free Software
- Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 15:02:52 -0400
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i was under the impression that the SuSE "professional" (whatever the hell they call it) contains access to repos with proprietary software whereas the free version (OpenSuSE) only contains access to repos with open-source software... ?
On Nov 3, 2007 2:49 PM, Art Alexion < art.alexion@verizon.net> wrote:
Right now, I am working on providing Linux desktops as an alternative in an
existing MS infrastructure that isn't going anywhere for a while. I am
pushing Novell's Suse at this point. Why? I like the Ubuntu family more,
but Novell seems to be offering an out-of-the-box solution that integrates
quite well with our infrastructure. I have a copy that I can duplicate as
much as I like, but I only get support with a license. So what am I buying
with the license? Not software. I am buying support.
So I still believe in my initial position -- people aren't buying software
they can get for free, they are buying support contracts dressed up as
software licenses.
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