On 16/06/17 04:14 AM, Eric Robinson wrote: > > Ø You could test it for free, you just need to register > Ø to https://scc.suse.com/login > Ø After that, you have an access for 60 days to SLES Repo. > > > What happens at the end of the trial? Software stops working? > > I can understand how SUSE can charge for support, but not for the > software itself. Corosync, Pacemaker, and DRBD are all open source.
Generally speaking, you pay for two things; Support and/or access to specific servers. You don't pay for the software, that's free. So in this case, you get 60 days access to the update servers that SUSE maintains. The value in this is that, when security or bug fix updates come out, you get the updates tested and supported against SUSE. This removes a lot of risk and makes your life easier. So when the trial (or your subscription) expires, the software keeps working just fine, but from then on, you have to find, test and install updates on your own. It is the same model for Red Hat, LINBIT and other open source companies. It is how companies are able to give their work away for free and still stay in business. :) -- Digimer Papers and Projects: https://alteeve.com/w/ "I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops." - Stephen Jay Gould _______________________________________________ Users mailing list: [email protected] http://lists.clusterlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/users Project Home: http://www.clusterlabs.org Getting started: http://www.clusterlabs.org/doc/Cluster_from_Scratch.pdf Bugs: http://bugs.clusterlabs.org
