Re: [CentOS] Arguments to continue using it

On Mon, 2006-01-23 at 14:04 +0100, Dominik Składanowski wrote:

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The arguments they gave to me were, what happen if redhat close the base packages, they don't have to release them, but just to the buyer, and we can't buy the distro, there are others distros like debian that is totally free, and without dependencies of proprietary industry.

To be honest I was anxious about that too. Take a look for a case of SuSE Linux Enterprise Server. Why Novell don't make available SRPMs the way RedHad do?

Novell has traditionally been a proprietary solutions provider. They prefer keeping things close to their chest, even if it's a running chainsaw. RH has a tradition of helping out where they can and letting people do what they like.