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Yes, I can understand being upset about it, but think such anger should be tempered by no fee being paid and no contractual obligation being breeched. It seems
by tux1968 6y ago
Yes, I can understand being upset about it, but think such anger should be tempered by no fee being paid and no contractual obligation being breeched. It seems to me if you're in a situation where you truly depend on such a commitment, you should be paying for a contract with someone, not hoping for the best. Had Red Hat not been supporting CentOS for over 6 years, it may have fallen apart even sooner. Who knows.
So while this is disruptive and bound to be upsetting, Red Hat are still being quite generous with their new offerings. And as far as I know, they are not standing in the way of CentOS replacements such as Rocky[0] or Lenix[1].
[0] https://rockylinux.org/ https://rockylinux.org/
[1] https://www.projectlenix.org/ https://www.projectlenix.org/
- Yeroc 6y agoIt's not a matter of whether a contract was breached. People tend to get upset when trust is broken. I suppose your argument is that people shouldn't have trusted RedHat because no money was exchanged but that's not really how trust works in real life.
- tux1968 6y agoMy argument is that people should have more reasonable expectations from a free project. That it is unreasonable for a free project that is shutting down to continue to operate until all EOL's are reached, especially til 2029. It's quite nice of them to keep things going for a full year in order that people can make other arrangements. Once the unfortunate decision was made to shut down CentOS, it would be very nice if the public outrage was tempered with a little appreciation for the 6 years of support that Red Hat gave to it, and also an appreciation for the new options for free access to RHEL they are providing. People seem awfully entitled in their outrage.
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