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I don't use CentOS, but the negativity around this both surprises and does not surprise me. CentOS seemed like a way to get RHEL for free, lots of people jumpe
by mmmrk 6y ago
I don't use CentOS, but the negativity around this both surprises and does not surprise me.
CentOS seemed like a way to get RHEL for free, lots of people jumped on that and suddenly, when it's no longer free, they throw a tantrum (my favorite: "they betrayed the community"). This strikes me as both ridiculous and just the way FOSS works.
- GekkePrutser 6y agoNo, it's how a bad way of forcing a monetisation model onto FOSS works. Breaking promises (cutting 80% of the support term of CentOS 8) is not how FOSS became successful.
- mmmrk 6y agoI cannot comment on the soundness of the decision, but what was the deal with the community here? I can for example see that Debian is community driven with all the advantages and drawbacks that come with this, but was CentOS ever more than a relabeling of RHEL RPMs in the hopes that people would pay for RHEL eventually? I just don't see why anyone can demand anything (not even promises) from RH here.
- GekkePrutser 6y agoCentOS was definitely not started in the hope people would pay for RHEL. It was started as a real community project, taken over mid-run by RedHat.
- op00to 6y agoAsk for your money back.
- GekkePrutser 6y agoI don't even use CentOS :P I never liked RedHat from the start, even back in the 90s.