Re: gEDA-user: More footprint stuff

[DJ Delorie <dj@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Anyway, when a company wants to run a copy of RHEL, they are likely to
> also want the support & quality assurance that comes with the real
> McCoy; they are accordingly willing to pay.  And the advantage of
> GPL'ed software in this case is the openness, transparency, and
> (usually) stability of Linux.  Also, with Linux there is no vendor
> lock-in and mandatory upgrade treadmill.  Those qualitites are also
> worth paying for, if you are a serious company.

That pretty much sums up RH's business model ;-)