Red Hat - Free Software done horribly wrong

Sep 10, 2008, 19:31 (2 Talkback[s])

"After a recent purchase of a Dell server with RHEL pre-installed on it, there was no installation number in the packaging. Dell assured us it was already put in during the install -- except that (1) it wasn't, (2) the install setup didn't match our required partitioning scheme, requiring a reinstall, and (3) this means that the system was registered to Dell and not to our company."

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