Red Hat's business model

How does Red Hat's business model enable it to survive selling commercial Linux support when there are discounts, free versions out there, etc.?

Red Hat sells reliability and certainty about a collection of programs, not the collection itself. While there are a multitude of Linux distros available for no fee, not all of them come with certified apps, support, etc. I don't think Red Hat is particularly worried about competition from free Linux distros.

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Red Hat's business model

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