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Yeah and if that was the case then no one would be running linux today in a production enviroment. I don't know about you but I started with Debian Buzz in 1996 before there were any commerical support arrangements from the likes of redhat.
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I hear you, I have run company, university, government entities off Linux for nearly 15 years, and yes the original distros like slackware ydraggsil debian etc were pretty crude (fortunately the kernel has always been rock solid!) but they did the job.
However these days, there are stable, supported, commercial versions available for tiny amounts of money. The base subscription to RHEL is pittance, and as critical corporate systems I would never dream of putting myself in a situation of having to explain why I can't get vendor support on a system because I'm running unsupported non-commercial software to save a few quid. It's not about proving a server is stable, it's about corporate accountability. Once every couple of years I do find myself on the phone to Zimbra/Redhat at 3am tracking down some obscure problem and that's why it's worth it.
Would you run your multi-[bm]illion company email system off opensource Zimbra, with just the forums for support if it goes tits up one day and you've got hundreds of people shouting at you to get it running? Would that be responsible?
Edit: I'm surprising myself reading my replies - I'm normally an opensource zealot!