On 13.12.2020 03:50, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote:
On 12/12/20 4:43 PM, Leon Fauster via CentOS wrote:
Am 12.12.20 um 04:11 schrieb Yves Bellefeuille:
"John R. Dennison" jrd@gerdesas.com wrote:
Yes, far be it from people to worry about putting food on their children's table during a pandemic.
What about the small businesses that in this times suffer very much, being forced to pay licenses will kill them ... I have a client that moved from IBMCloud/RedHat to AWS/CentOS to survive this times. (BTW: I suggest initially to use RHEL!) What do imagine who will be killed when they receive the message that they should plan some budgets for new licenses ...
Hi. Springdale Linux, RHEL clone already exists. Rocky Linux clone is in preparation, and CloudLinux plans to publish RHEL clone also. And notice that CentOS Linux 7 will be supported until EOL in 2024 and there will still be support for CentOS Linux 8 for next 12 months, enough to chose your exit strategy smartly and without emotions.
Which brings further thoughts. I was creating replacements for CentOS 6 based systems, obviously beginning with CentOS 8.
CentOS 7 looks less clumsy than CentOS 8, but it only receives maintenance updates now. Still 4 years ahead look better than one year with CentOS 8.
My only concern ATM is whether RH can change its CentOS 7 maintenance plans as well, all of a sudden.
(if I change Linux distribution later to another RHEL clone, it most probably would mean complete re-install anyway)
"Choose now, Neo!"