Re:Controversy surrounds Red Hat's "obfuscated" source code ...
by vivekl on Thursday March 03, 2011 @08:57AM
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Clearly you mean oracle here. Being an ex RH-er I can tell you RH sees great value in centos. It keeps small shops on the RH reserve even if they don't pay for a support contract - yet.
Oracle has recently tried to position itself as an "enhanced" rhel especially wrt the kernel and this seems like an attempt by RH to make things a bit harder for them. I don't agree with the move though - you don't want to follow oracle down such slippery slopes...
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Re:Controversy surrounds Red Hat's "obfuscated" source code ...
by cageface on Friday March 04, 2011 @04:59AM
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What value does RH see in CentOS? I know quite a few admins using CentOS because it essentially gives them the benefits of RHEL without having to pay license fees. None of them have any intention of ever paying for a RHEL license.