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Re: Is Scientfic Linux Still Active as a Distribution?
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Andrew C Aitchison <[log in to unmask]>
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Andrew C Aitchison <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 24 Feb 2020 09:31:51 +0000
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On Sun, 23 Feb 2020, Oleg Sadov wrote:

> On Sun, Feb 23, 2020 at 4:46 PM John Pilkington <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> Re-sending to list
>>
>> On 23/02/2020 06:24, Yasha Karant wrote:
>>>  From below:
>>>
>>> Will look forward to move to another distribution.
>>>
>>> End excerpt.
>>
>>  From the official announcement last year:
>>
>> Fermilab...will deploy CentOS 8 in our scientific computing
>> environments rather than develop Scientific Linux 8. We will
>> collaborate with CERN and other labs to help make CentOS an even better
>> platform for high-energy physics computing.
>>
>> These are not 'amateur' bodies; they are supported by international
>> treaties.  Why the FUD?
>
> What do you mean by "international treaties"?

CERN exists by international treaty
- just one example of what I suspect John meant.

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