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Technology Stocks : Red Hat (RHAT) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Marco Polo who wrote (20)	6/8/1999 9:40:00 PM
From: BenYeung	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 72

There is no per machine license for Linux distribution. You can spend at little as $1.99 for a barebone CD version of any major distribution and deploy on as many machines as you like. Therefore your savings would amount to 5Bil - 2dollars + OS administrator cost. No bad, in theory. I wonder how Redhat can strike a profitable account with the major box maker if the software is practically free. Consulting and support is essential for the company's financial health.