Slashdot: [Open Source Vendor] Ximian Adds Subscription: "Despite new servers and more bandwidth, Friedman asserts that some users downloading software for free will inevitably hit servers at times "when they're getting 8k downloads and they'd rather be getting 50k, and that's really who the subscription is for.""

More details on Ximian's site: "Red Carpet™ Express is a timesaving subscription service that provides end users with priority, high bandwidth Internet downloads and updates of Ximian™ and third party software hosted by Ximian. [...] Sign up for Red Carpet Express by February 28, 2002 and pay only $7.95 a month through June 30, a 20% savings off the regular monthly price of $9.95!"