True, but only partially true for most I guess.
If I wanted to use RHEL the very same way I use for the many #debian servers I administrate, wouldn't I need to tear open RHEL by a lot as I'd be forced to use 3rd party repos (EPEL,..) even for small, benign things which RHEL does not package?
(plus the mostly obvious difference that I would not have the budget available to run RHEL in the first place)