Free vs. pay versions (Re: Oracle Sues Google Over Android)

[david3d-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org (David Miller)]

On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 12:12 PM, Richard Pieri <richard.pieri-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>wrote:

> On Aug 18, 2010, at 10:54 AM, Rich Braun wrote:
> >
> > It's proving out one of my theories:  that as a technology becomes
> > sufficiently mature, stability improves to the point that the free
> version
> > provides reliability on par with the pay versions.
>
> A valid statement that stops short the moment that you actually need paid
> support.  It might not happen often but when it does, and you need it, you
> may find yourself regretting not having it.  Voice of experience speaking.
>

I think that's one of the nice things about the Canonical/Ubuntu approach.
 There is only one version and you can choose to have or not to have a
support contract.  If you do find yourself in need of support you can get a
support contract at that time.

That doesn't really factor the quality of the support as I don't have any
experience with RedHat or Canonical support I can't make any comparisons
there.
--
David