[Info-vax] CentOS has been effectively killed for production use

[Dave Froble]

On 12/11/2020 9:44 AM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 12/11/2020 3:13 AM, David Wade wrote:
>> On 11/12/2020 00:09, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>> On 12/9/2020 1:30 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>>> On 12/9/2020 1:15 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>>>>> On 2020-12-09, Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>>>>>> On 12/9/2020 8:34 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>>>>>>> IBM (who now own Red Hat) has just effectively killed CentOS for
>>>>>>> production use by turning it into an unstable rolling distribution:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://www.theregister.com/2020/12/09/centos_red_hat/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Fortunately, at least in the Unix/Linux world, there are always
>>>>>>> other options.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Supposedly there are about 1000 Linux distros.
>>>>>
>>>>> But very few with the mindset needed for a production quality server
>>>>> operating system, including stable releases and long term support.
>>>>
>>>> True. But there are a few.
>>>>
>>>> And likely some new will enter the market to fill the gap.
>>>
>>> https://rockylinux.org/
>
>> The trouble is they come and go. You have no idea how long each will
>> last.
>> Whitebox started well and faded away...
>>
>> https://www.whiteboxlinux.org/
>>
>> the great problem with linux is not that there are 1000 distributions
>> but that there are no free distributions that stay on the same path.
>
> Changes happens. Volunteers get other interests. Corporate sponsors
> get other priorities.
>
> But changes can happen to commercial software as well. The vendor
> change strategy and ditch certain platforms or certain features.

The way I see it, there is a great difference.

Volunteers cannot be counted upon.  They have no large financial 
interest in seeing a project through to completion.  They can have 
financial reasons, such as a mortgage payment, for not continuing on a 
project.

Commercial vendors "usually" have a business plan, have money invested 
in completing the plan, and have need of the customers.


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