[Info-vax] openvms and xterm

[Simon Clubley]

On 2024-05-15, Scott Dorsey <kludge at panix.com> wrote:
> John Dallman <jgd at cix.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>If customers start dropping Oracle Linux and telling Oracle it's because
>>of the lack of OpenZFS, that might have some effect. But Oracle Linux
>>customers are mostly seeking an all-Oracle stack AFAIK, so they're
>>unlikely to drop Oracle Linux. 
>
> People are using Oracle Linux because they want Red Hat compatibility
> without paying Red Hat fees.  
>
> They used to use Scientific Linux or Centos, but those aren't the same 
> any longer.  So they go to Oracle Linux or to Rocky.  If they need a 
> Common Critera cetification for government work, they go to Oracle Linux
> because Rocky hasn't been tested.
>

Scientific Linux no longer exists because it was retired in favour of
CentOS. This was before all the changes were made to CentOS by RH.

Scientific Linux was an excellent distribution and it was my personal
favourite until it was retired.

Simon.

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