It gives consistency for those that use RHEL and derivatives outside containers, allows easy use of enterprise software aimed at that distro, and it allows tyin

It gives consistency for those that use RHEL and derivatives outside containers, allows easy use of enterprise software aimed at that distro, and it allows tying into registries such as quay.io that will give you notes about when and what aspects of it are out of date (package wise). I'm not saying to necessarily use it, but I wanted to pick something that was on the heavier end of the spectrum to forestall complaints about how for some people's workloads it's not realistic to run a 5MB alpine image given their work environment and needs.