I think we see two groups of people here, taking part in 
this "exciting" debate.

One is, people who genuinely try to learn a bit about more 
concrete plans Fermilab have(or don't have) for the future 
of Scientificlinux - and they do it here on the list because 
they can sroogle all over the Net and they won't find any 
solid, ideally rendered by the very source itself statement.

The second group is people who don't give a toss, a good 
chance is it's because they have not seen much beside 
Scientificlinux and they really believe it's very unique 
indeed. You can see scientist type of mentality here -- I 
have got my one little or big app, it runs great! and I'm 
happy with it and I can say I do it all on by myself cause I 
do not have to deal with any commercial third entities 
(which is very important for a scientist) -- very simplistic 
and egotistic attitude, but works. And a good chance is this 
bunch don't have to even ask about bigger picture. Some 
individuals from this group can even be rude and hostile 
towards others, even if only asked about sharing a thought 
or two on the issue.

Well, like esteemed fellows already said - we're free to do 
as we wish, fortunately, only unfortunate is that we cannot 
always make fully informed decisions. I guess that's 
science, that's life. Heh. :)
b.w.



On 13/01/16 10:13, Iosif Fettich wrote:
> Hi there,
>
>> anyone who wants to go with centos, is free to do so, 
>> right? So just go and do it and don't 'fuss' about it on 
>> SL mail list.
>
> Thanks for the nice advice.
>
> Would you have another one too? On which list should 
> current SL users ask/discuss about the short/long term 
> plans regarding SL? And/or of the problems related with a 
> migration from/to SL?
>
>> We all should be grateful for continuing support of 
>> Fermilab for SL builds.
>
> That's something we most probably all on this list agree 
> with unconditionally.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Iosif Fettich
>
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