[firesteelrain]

> Just because RH, Suse and Canonical charge, does not mean those are requirements

You are leaving a gaping hole in your servers if you are not patching them (the distro's that charge and you decide not to pay)

[pxc]

If you can handle the churn of building against a new platform every year or two instead of every decade or more, you can keep all your stuff patched without an extended support license.