Opinion | Microsoft, tactically admitting it has failed at talking all the Windows 10 PC users into moving to Windows 11 after all, is – sort of, kind of – extending Windows 10 support for another year.
For most users, that means they’ll need to subscribe to Microsoft 365. This, in turn, means their data and meta-information will be kept in a US-based datacenter. That isn’t sitting so well with many European Union (EU) organizations and companies. It doesn’t sit that well with me or a lot of other people either.
What’s the problem of paying for an OS?
https://www.suse.com/licensing/price/
There isn’t one. It’s just increasingly unnecessary.
I, personally, have an issue with people taking millions of LOC of software written by other people and given away for free, slapping a logo on it, and selling it to people who don’t know better, but thre licenses generally don’t prevent carpet-bagging.
IMHO, selling an OS your organization built most of is fine. Selling support, or hosting, is also ethical. Selling Libre software is not.
It’s the summation of all of the above.
Does SUSE require a payment up front, as well as a subscription in order to continue receiving updates, as well as even more payments to ensure hoovered data resides in your country?