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Re:Dear Red Hat: Are you dumb? by izacus on Thursday June 22, 2023 @05:10PM (#36439058)
It's that "corporate speak" that wins paid contracts for software that needs to run for a decade or more.

RHEL competitor in the market is Windows, not half supported hobby distros.

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Re:Dear Red Hat: Are you dumb? by fariszr on Thursday June 22, 2023 @07:45PM (#36440811)
Ubuntu PRO is a subscription with 10 year support for Ubuntu main and Universe repos, so more than 10 thousand packages. It's also much cheaper, and comes with more features like kernel live patching.
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Re:Dear Red Hat: Are you dumb? by LeFantome on Friday June 23, 2023 @03:27AM (#36443857)
Ubuntu is not a “hobby distro”. I do not even like Canonical but let’s be real. First, Ubuntu is used as the basis for just a giant fraction of enterprise software in the cloud and in embedded. Second, companies pay Canonical big money for even their managed Kafka offerings and such. Canonical is a legitimate business alternative. They are not peddling 10 year support for the hobbyists.
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