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Re: EL 8
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David Sommerseth <[log in to unmask]>
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David Sommerseth <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 3 Feb 2020 21:11:20 +0100
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On 01/02/2020 17:12, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
> *No one* calls it "Oracle 8". It's still RHEL 8. Oracle now owns and
> can still use the Red Hat trademarks.

No, not at all.  It was IBM who acquired Red Hat; but IBM has so far kept Red
Hat as a separate company/brand with its own organization.

And Oracle Linux is essentially a fork of CentOS, so it's even one step
further down on the "downstream ladder".

   Fedora -> RHEL -> CentOS/SL -> Oracle Linux


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kind regards,

David Sommerseth

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