On Thu, 30 Jul 2009, Serguei Mokhov wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 7:59 PM, Keith Lofstrom<[log in to unmask]> wro=
> te:
>> This affects us. =A0Imagine that all the CentOS users show up to us=
> e
>> Scientific Linux. =A0Imagine all their maintainers and developers s=
> how
>> up, too.
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> This is a good thing for SL, isn't it? Increase the user base,
> I am sure Troy and Connie could use some help from the developers,
> and then lead to the world dominance of SL :) This affects us
> positively, IMHO, though perhaps there will be less "competition".

I think CentOS is good for the community.  And I never considered it 
"competition".  We always welcome help.

I do not think CentOS is going away.  We have talked to them in the past 
about us helping them to make CentOS 6 and then use CentOS 6 as a basis 
for SL.  No word on if this will or will not happen.

There may be some users who do not like the uncertainly of the future of a 
open source project.  Clearly all the press that this CentOS issue has 
gotten has made people think about this topic more. If these users are 
uncomfortable with this then they should move to a product where they feel 
has a strong future.  That decision about knowing about the future is 
where the art is.

-Connie Sieh
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>> Keith
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