[Cumbria] Red Hat shoots itself in foot?

[Ken Hough]

Schwuk wrote:
> 
> 
> Not quite sure how I feel about this one...
> 
> Apparently [1] Red Hat are introducing a one life span to their consumer
> OSes (i.e. anything free). After this one year, no new errata or updates
> will be produced, although existing ones will remain available. This is, as
> pointed out in the articles linked below [2] [3], obviously done to push
> people (or rather companies) towards their advanced products.

They must be joking! 
That's even worse than Microsoft!

Ken


> 
> Oh, and to save Ken the trouble: Yes this does relate to running Linux on
> big boxes (although it will also impact all usage of linux), and yes we all
> know that SuSE (and UnitedLinux in this case) are worthy alternatives...

I wouldn't dream of rubbing salt into wounds!
Seriously, it does seem daft when there are so many alternatives.

Ken