[CentOS] [CentOS-announce] CentOS Project joins forces with Red Hat

On 01/17/2014 03:33 PM, Les Mikesell wrote:
> 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.
>
Maybe it might be a good idea to do some research on Debian 
systems?...and using them for file and system servers?......I'm just 
sayin' LoL!


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