Re:Dear Red Hat: Are you dumb?
by redundantly on Thursday June 22, 2023 @06:37PM
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> I wonder whether it'd be possible for RH to optimize it so that choosing RHEL 'd still be the best option for them now that CentOS doesn't provide the same level of stability.
What you may not be aware of, or have forgotten, is the free versions provided by other companies that provide package compatibility and similar support (as in updates and security fixes) that CentOS did.
Oracle Linux, Alma Linux, Rocky Linux, and Amazon Linux. Quite possibly even more.
Red Hat will have a hard time undercutting them just by reducing their pricing, which is why they're using tactics like a free number of subscriptions/licenses for small organisations and developers and trying to cut off access to the source code.
What you may not be aware of, or have forgotten, is the free versions provided by other companies that provide package compatibility and similar support (as in updates and security fixes) that CentOS did.
Oracle Linux, Alma Linux, Rocky Linux, and Amazon Linux. Quite possibly even more.
Red Hat will have a hard time undercutting them just by reducing their pricing, which is why they're using tactics like a free number of subscriptions/licenses for small organisations and developers and trying to cut off access to the source code.