I know Open Source Software should be free, and the Red Hat Linux is based on the work of Linus the college student.
why they sell the software? why not they provide it free?
thanx a lot!
2006-07-31 15:25:20 · 7 answers · asked by chinawood 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
You are paying for support. Redhat fedora is free but you wont get any help. Pay for it and they will advise you.
2006-07-31 15:29:41 · answer #1 · answered by Rich M 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋
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2016-11-03 10:23:54 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They want to make money off of it. Most of what they are selling is a support contract. If you want Red Hat for free, look at Fedora or CentOS.
2006-07-31 15:30:37 · answer #3 · answered by Bryan A 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Download CentOS. It is the free community version of RedHat Enterprise.
2006-08-01 03:22:08 · answer #4 · answered by mbishop1113 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Red Hat is the professional brand...the free version that everybody uses is called Fedora:
http://fedora.redhat.com/
2006-07-31 15:30:20 · answer #5 · answered by Tim 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You can dowload it free from linuxiso.com /org .
When you buy it you are paying for shipping / media / support as the other user said.
2006-07-31 15:31:20 · answer #6 · answered by jim.walker0 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
its free
2006-07-31 15:35:29 · answer #7 · answered by livingforjesus231 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋