[CentOS-devel] First round of RHEL programs announced

On Thu, Jan 28, 2021 at 4:15 PM Neal Gompa <ngompa13 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Meh. Legacy CentOS Linux gets serious bugs all the time too. I had
> dozens of AMD servers that wouldn't boot because of a critical bug
> introduced in CentOS 7.3. There was a whole cycle where I had to hold
> back kernels because they couldn't release a fix until CentOS 7.4
> arrived.
>
> At least with CentOS Stream, when the fix is made, I'll get it right
> away. That's better than before.

Using the "RHEL beta" increases the risks of a bleeding edge kernel
change disable your systems. Been there, done that.
> > > I firmly believe that low-cost self-support options would be a good
> > > value for Red Hat to offer to the market, especially for a lot of
> > > those startups that eventually grow past the 16 server limit. I hope
> > > that's on the docket based on the comment at the top of the RHEL blog
> > > post that this is the first of many new programs.
> >
> > I hope so too, because if they do nothing, then many CentOS users will
> > simply leave for Oracle Linux. I just don't see any other way out now.
> >
>
> I'm optimistic. I know the folks at Red Hat are doing their best, and
> I have faith in them.

I anticipate that many will not leave CentOS 7, or Amazon Linux 2.