Sounds like 1 step forward and 5 steps backward. BSD is lacking much and has little that isn't in the Linux kernel. 

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> From: "Jean-Victor Côté" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: "Scientific Linux Users List" <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2014 1:06:02 PM
> Subject: RE: RedHat CentOS acquisition: stating the obvious

> Debian is moving to the BSD kernel.
> How does Scientific BSD sound to you?

> Jean-Victor Côté, M.Sc.(Sciences économiques), (CPA, CMA), Post MBA
> J'ai aussi passé d'autres examens, dont les examens CFA.

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> > Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2014 09:45:01 -0800
> > Subject: RedHat CentOS acquisition: stating the obvious
> > From: [log in to unmask]
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> >
> > RedHat is a company. Companies exist for the sole purpose of making
> > money. Every action by any company -- literally every single
> > action,
> > ever -- is motivated by that goal.
> >
> > The question you should be asking is: How does Red Hat believe this
> > move is going to make them money?
> >
> > Those were statements of fact. What follows is merely my opinion.
> >
> > Right now, anybody can easily get for free the same thing Red Hat
> > sells, and their #1 competitor is taking their products, augmenting
> > them, and reselling them. If you think Red Hat perceives this as
> > being
> > in their financial interest, I think you are out of your mind.
> >
> > SRPMs will go away and be replaced by an ever-moving git tree. Red
> > Hat
> > will make it as hard as legally possible to rebuild their
> > commercial
> > releases. The primary target of this move is Oracle, but Scientific
> > Linux will be collateral damage.
> >
> > I consider all of this pretty obvious, but perhaps I am wrong. I
> > hope I am.
> >
> > - Pat