On 16/08/2013 12:34, Andrew Wyatt wrote:
RedHat --> Production Systems, with paid-for support, something goes wrong then I have some commercial comeback to get it fixed. High change control environment.
CentOS --> QA, Development and Test Systems, and sometimes, non-critical infrastructure, community support, more roll-your-own fixes and workarounds. Less change control.
You can also purchase production support for CentOS through OpenLogic. Roll your own bug fixes aren't necessarily bad, especially when you are able to send them upstream so they benefit everyone. _______________________________________________
While I agree that CentOS will always have support while it is community driven, and has an upstream - without RedHat, no Centos... the truth of the matter (when it comes to $$$):
CEO's and CTO's like to hear that their critical software is supported by a company with a $10bn market cap. That is their indicator that they're not relying on some fly by night, dead-end technology. They also like to hear that our non-essential infrastructure is run on software that is 'free' and mirrors the company they run their critical software on. I'm sure companies like OpenLogic do a good job, but it is difficult to convince upper management that these companies are still going to be around in 5-10 years time.