lee@leegarner.com wrote:
They would really prefer that you cease operations, discontinue your product, and force everyone to purchase their (overpriced) products.
"Overpriced" is subjective. My company has happily standardized on RHEL.
When there is no option which does not include their "support", which I can obtain locally at far better prices, and with far, far better response times, I consider it overpriced. It is subjective.
I no longer recommend that company to my clients for any Linux work, because they are completely out of touch with the Linux movement, and Linux' core values. I now happily recommend any of their competitors when my clients ask me what distros. I do recommend CentOS for most everyone.
I think that's a bit short-sighted. Exactly where would CentOS and the other clones be without Red Hat's continued operations.
And would Red Hat be "the standard linux distribution" without the people who promoted their brand because it was reasonably priced at $79 per package, and who have now been abandoned? Probably not...
CentOS will continue, even if RedHat is purchased by Microsoft and absorbed by the borg...
-Scott