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Red Hat Recap

Posted by michael on from the hat-trick dept.

We have some assorted Red Hat stories which can be - and in fact already have been - jumbled together for your reading pleasure, like a sort of literary succotash. Forbes has an accusatory piece about Red Hat's licensing model, which is apparently, err, Microsoft-esque. Red Hat reminds everyone that RH9 is not going to be officially supported for much longer. Internetnews.com has a brief interview with Red Hat's CEO.

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  1. Good bye horses my love by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Good Bye Horses my love. Dedicated to kewsh

    You told me, I see you rise
    But, it always falls
    I see you come, I see you go
    You say, All things pass into the night
    And I say, Oh no sir I must say you're wrong
    I must disagree, oh no sir, I must say you're wrong
    Won't you listen to me
    You told me, I've seen it all before
    Been there, I've seen my hopes and dreams
    A lying on the ground
    I've seen the sky just begin to fall
    And you say, All things pass into the night
    And I say, Oh no sir, I must say you're wrong
    I must disagree, oh no sir, I must say you're wrong
    Won't you listen to me
    Good-bye horses I'm lying over you
    Good-bye horses I'm lying over you

  2. Graeme achieves FP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Graeme is our master. Graeme is the one who delivers us from the darkness. All will bow before Graeme. Graeme is the beginning, and Graeme is the end. Graeme chooses who will code and who will web-monkey. Graeme uses Gentoo. Graeme is 1337. ph34r Graeme. Graeme will rule us all.

    To join with us in the cult of Graeme, click on his banner and learn His Greatness.

  3. Don't talk to me about racial equality by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I hate commie scum
    I hate commie scum
    I spit on the red flag
    I hate commie scum

    1. Re:Don't talk to me about racial equality by bsDaemon · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      speak it brother!

    2. Re:Don't talk to me about racial equality by bsDaemon · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      i'll find you and kill you bitch! I'll kick you in the NUTS!! DIE!!!

    3. Re:Don't talk to me about racial equality by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      You fucking pathetic little pipsqueak ringpiece.

      PS your g/f is ugly, dude.

  4. 5ifth post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    5ifth post!

  5. Graeme fails it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Graeme must now be outsourced.

  6. A FAN OF RICHARD STALLMAN???!!!! by bsDaemon · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I am not sure that I want a high-level official at my bank to be a fan of Stallamn... banks and the FSF seem to be inherrantly antogonistic to each other. Even if he is just a tech guy, it does not bode well.

  7. Re:What, no editorial? by morelife · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'm disappointed in michael

    I'm not.

    He's got a touchy trigger finger, though. Lighting fast at coming in and modslapping 0 Flamebait, -1 Troll, and the best one, "Overrated".

    Michael you are like a menopausal school principal whose late for her micromanagement seminar. You do steal some good stories from other sites, though, which is why I keep showing up at /. when you're on shift, beee-ache.

  8. Another Bill Gate Like is emerging ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hate or Love?

  9. Re:Per-Seat pricing is fine....RHES != Free by jtotheh · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    The availability of the source without the binaries for an entire distro is clearly a way to get around the GPL - although you can technically share the software the reasonable way to do so is prohibited- go to gnu.org and find the 4 freedoms defined and you will see one of them is sharing the software (not just the source) RedHat does NOT allow you to install on machines if you have not purchased a license for that machine. You have to buy support for every machine you want to install it on. See this InfoWorld article or read the actual license at here (here's a quote: "If Customer wishes to increase the number of Installed System, then Customer will purchase from Red Hat additional Services for each additional Installed System. During the term of this Agreement and for one (1) year thereafter, Customer expressly grants to Red Hat the right to audit Customer's facilities and records from time to time in order to verify Customer's compliance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement")

    I know RedHat contributes, but I prefer to use Debian nowadays.

    Things are going from bad to worse - first the Redhat->Fedora transfer and now Sun is in bed with Mickeysoft.

  10. Re:Red Hat's Going on by vwjeff · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    At least he managed to cover the horns on his forehead. Really, only a child calls people names. Please grow up. BTW, you forgot to mention his hooved feet. Oh, screw growing up. I'm having too much fun!!