This RHEL pricing update on AWS means it's a great time to reflect upon how wild per-core OS licensing is in 2024, and whether another Linux distribution might not only save you money, but also simplify things considerably.
Vendor performing system review, opening meeting to describe the process.
Me “so at the end can you tell me what happens to all my data you have collected during the review”
Vendor “it all goes into a folder, I’d have to ask the security team what happens to it”
Me “I can tell you want happens. It sits in the folder until the Russians take it, and the first I hear about it is when they email me a bitcoin address”
@Viss I assume every vendor which provides software which could be misused like this is secretly kicking into the solarwinds go fund me to avoid any precedents being set.
@jpm they have closed the physical stores. The retailers stocking them like athletes foot are pushing the alpha brand so hard, it’s like commissions must be astronomical.
