On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 2:07 PM, Warren Young <warren at etr-usa.com> wrote: > > Anyway, if you want a wide-open Linux, Les, you know where to get it. Sigh..., It's complicated. I want stability and reliable security updates. But I don't like being dependent on any single entity to provide that. Maybe that goes back to relying on some AT&T unix systems in what seems like another life. Even though semi-compatible alternatives were available, being forced to change was somewhat painful. So I don't necessarily want wide-open, just a little more open than being married. I don't really think the CentOS team has an evil plan here, but they should take it as a compliment that I think they are smart enough to fool me if they did want to do something like inject a hidden backdoor with their builds. But, the bigger question is where it leaves us if they just decide to quit after assimilating most of the related systems under a build ecosystem that no one else can reproduce easily. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com