in a word. support. as opposed to oracle overlords, who will eventually stop supporting grandfather'd customers and only support unbreakable linux. there's kg

in a word. support. as opposed to oracle overlords, who will eventually stop supporting grandfather'd customers and only support unbreakable linux. there's kgraft and kpatch (suse and redhat respectively), different capabilities. background links (kgraft/kspice) http://lwn.net/Articles/584016/ http://lwn.net/Articles/584016/ http://lwn.net/Articles/589183/ http://lwn.net/Articles/589183/ edit.. oracle also owns patents on ksplice.