[Fsf-friends] Per-seat licences... and the right price (fwd)

[Frederick Noronha (FN)]

It's becoming difficult to see the differences between "Linux" megacorps 
and Microsoft. This reminds you of a story: 

	A man once asks a pretty young lady, "Will you 
	sleep with me for ten dollars?"

	The lady feels outraged, and shouts back: "What do you
	take me for? A prostitute?"

	Not giving up, the man says: "Lady, would you
	sleep with me for a million dollars?" Suitably
	influenced, she says that could be considered.

	Comments the man: "Now that we've established
	you are indeed a prostitute, the only thing
	left to be determined is the price." 

Think this is from something George Bernard Shaw wrote... FN

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Red Hat cuts academic pricing

Red Hat has announced a cut-price deal for schools and colleges in the 
US on its Enterprise Linux distributions. The discount scheme is 
expected to be extended to academic institutions in other countries 
shortly. Under the deal, the WS distribution for desktops will cost 
US$25 per seat per year, while the AS distribution for servers will 
cost US$50. There will also be a site-wide subscription available, 
priced at US$2500 per year.

http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/f_headline.cgi?bw.120303/233375118&ticker=RHAT
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Perens announces UserLinux plan

Bruce Perens has put his thoughts about a 'free as in beer' enterprise 
Linux distribution into a draft document. A response to the Linux 
distributions introducing per seat licencing and annual support 
contracts, Peren's proposed UserLinux distribution will be Debian 
based, as you might expect given his early contributions to that 
project. The proposed distribution will have automatic installation, 
be endorsed by application vendors and certified by standards 
organisations such as the LSB, and will be backed by a development 
and service outfit.

http://userlinux.com/white_paper.html
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