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I do not expect an RHEL/CentOS cancellation in my
lifetime. I expect IBM will keep them thriving
and available for a very long time.
However, big companies can do stupid things, and
cancelling RHEL, or ending "free" CentOS, is
something a clueless IBM CEO might attempt someday.
I am designing systems that others will maintain and
upgrade for decades. A reluctant switchover to, say,
Debian is easier to manage now than later. I hope
that will NEVER be necessary. Debian could be
mismanaged as well; this happened with X and Gnome.
I rely on Scientific Linux and variants because large
organizations like Fermilabs and CERN and LIGO do.
I hope these organizations have contingency plans.
I assume that if IBM behaves badly in the future, our
international community will grumble, plead, and then
fork, keeping systems like RPM and yum functional for
approximately forever.
Is this a prudent assumption?
Keith
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Keith Lofstrom [log in to unmask]
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