Why did CentOS guys sell to Red Hat in the first place?
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| Steven_Rosenber Jan 27, 2021 12:35 PM EDT |
I've seen some saying that the CentOS guys sold to Red Hat for very little. I'm not even sure what the "aquihire" situation is at this point. This article sort of dances around that Stream is branded as CentOS, but it's really Red Hat people making it, and not the former CentOS people. |
| penguinist Jan 27, 2021 4:11 PM EDT |
And Stream really does not replace CentOS in production server applications. You want ultra stability, not bleeding edge. |
| MichaelTunnell Feb 25, 2021 4:12 PM EDT |
there are reports that CentOS was going to die as a project if Red Hat not bought them so it would have been much worse than the current situation. |
| Steven_Rosenber Mar 01, 2021 5:05 PM EDT |
If RH hadn't bought CentOS, Scientific Linux would have continued. |
| MichaelTunnell Mar 02, 2021 1:48 AM EDT |
Scientific Linux was losing funding that is why they decided to rebase on CentOS. If CentOS were to have ended, Scientific Linux would have as well. The current situation might not be ideal for some but it is better than the alternatives that would have likely happened. |
| prajwel Apr 27, 2021 3:52 AM EDT |
I am curious, why isn't Debian-stable popular? From what I have seen, it claims to be stable and can therefore replace CentOS. |
| jdixon Apr 27, 2021 10:42 PM EDT |
> ...why isn't Debian-stable popular? It's not Red Hat compatible. Red Hat is the enterprise Linux distribution. SuSE is a far distant competitor, as is Ubuntu. People who want to be compatible across their company need Red Hat compatibility. |
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