What Does a Linux Support Contract Buy?

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on May 21, 2009 2:22 AM EDT
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Companies that traffic in free open source software don't make their money selling licenses. They make it by selling support. What's that really worth? What does a company get for support fees vs. just grabbing the software and using it with no help from the developer? What kind of company should pay for support, and what kind of company can do without it?

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Linux support contracts: No mention of Canonical Steven_Rosenber 5 781 May 21, 2009 4:09 PM

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