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Curious, what does RedHat actually do ?
by kumarvvr 5y ago
Curious, what does RedHat actually do ?
- leokennis 5y agoThey make sure enterprises can run Linux that doesn’t “suddenly” (read: with less than 2-3 years notice) break their critical workflows because some component loses support or some dependency reaches EOL - they do this by extended maintenance, backporting (security) patches to old versions, providing tailored support etc. This is very valuable to enterprises and so they pay a lot for it. For example, you can still run Red Hat 6 safely and securely until 2024; by that point Red Hat 8 will have been out for 5 years already.
- staz 5y agoTo save you a web search : Red Hat 6 was relased 6 November 2010. Roughly 1 year after Window 7, which ended support 2 weeks ago.
- KindOne 5y agoWindows 7 went EOL in on Jan 14, 2020. Are you talking about the Extended Security Update? That ends Jan 10, 2023. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/windows-7 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/windows-...
- ako 5y agoServices/products of a company usually bring one of the following to customers: 1) improve revenue, 2) lower costs or 3) manage risks. RedHat is probably mostly about the last one, manage the risks of running linux.
- cantrememberpw8 5y agoRed Hat is the premier organization doing open source development. They optimize the experiences for enterprises: lots of support and a goal of helping it be easy to use so enterprises can focus on their business logic. Lots of well-hated projects come from Red Hat: systemd, wayland, ... but they have also contributed well to some other projects which are much less controversial.
- dreamcompiler 5y agoAside: Why do people hate Wayland? Systemd loathing I can understand but I think of Wayland as X11 with most of the horrible parts scrubbed away.