From: "Jean-Victor Côté" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Scientific Linux Users List" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2014 1:06:02 PM
Subject: RE: RedHat CentOS acquisition: stating the obvious

Debian is moving to the BSD kernel.
How does Scientific BSD sound to you?

Jean-Victor Côté, M.Sc.(Sciences économiques), (CPA, CMA), Post MBA
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> Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2014 09:45:01 -0800
> Subject: RedHat CentOS acquisition: stating the obvious
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> RedHat is a company. Companies exist for the sole purpose of making
> money. Every action by any company -- literally every single action,
> ever -- is motivated by that goal.
>
> The question you should be asking is: How does Red Hat believe this
> move is going to make them money?
>
> Those were statements of fact. What follows is merely my opinion.
>
> Right now, anybody can easily get for free the same thing Red Hat
> sells, and their #1 competitor is taking their products, augmenting
> them, and reselling them. If you think Red Hat perceives this as being
> in their financial interest, I think you are out of your mind.
>
> SRPMs will go away and be replaced by an ever-moving git tree. Red Hat
> will make it as hard as legally possible to rebuild their commercial
> releases. The primary target of this move is Oracle, but Scientific
> Linux will be collateral damage.
>
> I consider all of this pretty obvious, but perhaps I am wrong. I hope I am.
>
> - Pat