Don Calfa wrote:
> You get software written by the distros specifically for the distro.
> You get support which you don't get with MS.
> You get a 3rd party to back your purchase that most companies require.  
> You can't hold a community accountable for a bad patch.

So the customers pay because they WANT to pay it.

BTW, can RH or SUSE be held accountable for a bad patch?  Don't EULA's 
exempt them from this accountability?  Of course they may not be LEGALY 
accountable but rather they need to act in good faith to keep their 
coustomers.

I think I now underestand why Debian Stable is TWO year old software.

Austin
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