RE: [cobalt-users] Sun considering a shift away from Sun Linux to RedHat/Suse

["Dan Kriwitsky" <list1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > You say they dont do price fixing? Then why are they all periodic 
> > "lease" licenses, set high enough that the small operator 
> has a pretty 
> > hard time getting into the game? Why cant they sell me a software 
> > package for a one-time fee? If I stop paying, my lease is 
> terminated 
> > and the software reverts to the supplier? I dont think so...
> 
> What are you talking about? Plesk doesn't have monthly 
> license fees, and I believe Ensim doesn't either. You pay a 
> fixed fee, and the software's yours. Plesk and Ensim are the 
> major players in the market for commercial control panels. 
> Please check facts before you go off on conspiracy theories.
> 

IIRC, it's not quite "yours". At least one of them must be licensed on a
per-user basis if you're an ISP.
-- 
C2003 Dan Kriwitsky

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