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Does the OS really matter any more? Feels commoditized. What's IBM's real play here--OpenShift? Monetize RHEL via OpenShift? Do people actually put RHEL contain

• freedomben 5y ago
  Disclosure: Former Red Hatter but didn't work on RHEL IMHO yes RHEL still matters a lot, maybe more than ever. While there is no doubt a focus on being a rock-solid long-lived the host OS, a lot of people do use RHEL in the container as well. The value of the software collection (rhscl) is still really high, and as a bonus when you do that, Red Hat guarantees compatibility so will fix it if it doesn't work. For people that don't use rhscl there is also the Red Hat universal base image which is free to use and is fully redistributable. Does an individual developer care as much about the host OS? No I wouldn't think so.