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Re:CentOS Project shifts focus to CentOS Stream by kbenson on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @02:24PM (#25350085)
Not to mention Oracle is not known to leave money on the table, and if they see they can start charging for Oracle Linux because there's no large well known free version, I wouldn't put it past them.

Put another way, if you jump ship from CentOS because IBM caused Red Hat to change it into a funnel to pay them money, if you landed on Oracle, you might be setting yourself up to do it all over again fairly soon.

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Re:CentOS Project shifts focus to CentOS Stream by blaser-waffle on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @07:18PM (#25367608)
> Not to mention Oracle is not known to leave money on the table

You're underselling it: Oracle grab money in a way that I would describe as "aplomb ruthlessness". They've managed to fuck no less than 3 orgs I've worked for.

If they ask you for a license count or how many cores are in use, ignore them. Larry Ellison doesn't need another boat.

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