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Why would anyone who has a good understanding of the current software paradigms chose to develop their software for redhat.. I understand that companies like S

Why would anyone who has a good understanding of the current software paradigms chose to develop their software for redhat.. I understand that companies like SAP might use redhat. Mostly A political decision made by people who has a say in spendings of to much money. Cent OS seamed like a bad idea from the start. It does not fill the political reason that allows for redhat. And it does not fill the checkboxes for what a modern independent developer would want. Maybe I am naive but I can’t see any reason for 1 not caring about the OS and some type of container or “server less” service or just using Ubuntu. Ubuntu is the Granny Smith of apples most things I see is built for Ubuntu and it just works.

gizmo686 6y ago
1) Nobody ever gets fired for buying IBM. (This quote was relevant here even before IBM literally acquired Redhat). 2) Redhat offers support; and that support is a potentially valuable service worth the cost. If you want that support, you need to use RHEL. 3) If you are developing for a regulated industry, RHEL may be a pre-certified base you can use. This can substantially reduce the cost and risk with certifying your entire system compared with trying to use a not-yet certified base. As someone who develops for RHEL because of (3), CentOS filled the niche of 'development environment for RHEL without needing to worry about licencing issues'. It also served as a way out of vendor lock in if you wanted to stop paying for RHEL without needing to migrate your system.
dralley 6y ago
Not every company deals in web apps and streaming videos. Some companies run the NY Stock Exchange, national and international telecommunications, and managing extremely sensitive information. These companies need to care about the OS.
skinner927 6y ago
RHEL has accreditations baked in (or easy enough to flip a switch) that some industries, such as payment processing and government, require. These accreditations can be had on other systems to some degree but RHEL is the defacto in these realms.

gizmo686 6y ago

1) Nobody ever gets fired for buying IBM. (This quote was relevant here even before IBM literally acquired Redhat). 2) Redhat offers support; and that support is a potentially valuable service worth the cost. If you want that support, you need to use RHEL. 3) If you are developing for a regulated industry, RHEL may be a pre-certified base you can use. This can substantially reduce the cost and risk with certifying your entire system compared with trying to use a not-yet certified base. As someone who develops for RHEL because of (3), CentOS filled the niche of 'development environment for RHEL without needing to worry about licencing issues'. It also served as a way out of vendor lock in if you wanted to stop paying for RHEL without needing to migrate your system.

dralley 6y ago

Not every company deals in web apps and streaming videos. Some companies run the NY Stock Exchange, national and international telecommunications, and managing extremely sensitive information. These companies need to care about the OS.

skinner927 6y ago

RHEL has accreditations baked in (or easy enough to flip a switch) that some industries, such as payment processing and government, require. These accreditations can be had on other systems to some degree but RHEL is the defacto in these realms.