> Red Hat doesn't see CentOS as a threat (as it did OEL). Quite honestly I wonder if this was a big motivator for them to take CentOS under their wing. Why go

> Red Hat doesn't see CentOS as a threat (as it did OEL). Quite honestly I wonder if this was a big motivator for them to take CentOS under their wing. Why go with the totally unaffiliated community distribution when you can go with Oracle for free (somehow)? I've been using CentOS for some time now, and have never been happier as the release cadence has only gotten better since RH started supporting the project directly. There's no real reason I'd even consider Oracle Linux at this point as a result, considering neither comes with commercial support without purchasing a paid support subscription.