And (big) commercial vendors/users always prefer RHEL as it commercially supported platform. -- Eero 2016-04-04 17:25 GMT+03:00 Digimer <lists at alteeve.ca>: > On 04/04/16 10:06 AM, Valeri Galtsev wrote: > > > > On Mon, April 4, 2016 8:53 am, Johnny Hughes wrote: > >> On 04/04/2016 08:39 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > >>> I read that Redhat was offering their Linux free, > >>> and downloaded the ISO, though I haven't run it. > >>> > >>> What do CentOS users think of Redhat's offer? > >>> > >>> The registration with Redhat seemed very bureaucratic to me, > >>> and I'm not sure if I have carried it out properly. > >>> Also, I didn't see if it was possible to get updates, > >>> either with dnf or some other way. > >>> > >>> I've been (and am) very pleased with CentOS, > >>> which I've been running for several years, > >>> and I don't particularly want to change. > >>> > >>> Any views on this? > >>> > >> > >> You need read the usage license. > >> > >> That subscription can only be used in development and not in a > >> production environment. > > > > When I think about it I have a strange feeling. To be (become) a > developer > > of something that you yourself will not be able to use in production... > > it's akin volunteer to become a slave. Is there anybody who _can_ make a > > sense of such offer? > > > > Valeri > > Our company has been in Red Hat's ISV program for ages, and it is very > helpful. There are differences between how CentOS and RHEL works, so > being able to test against both makes it much easier for our users > (community users and paid customers) to choose which system they want. I > also means that we can be sure those who choose RHEL proper will have no > problems. > > We also use the RHEL installs for demos and trade shows, which is > important. Like it or not, there is a certain "professionalism" to being > able to demo your product on RHEL instead of CentOS. Most customers > insist on RHEL so seeing the product running already on RH is a useful > sales tool. > > In short; The ISV program has been very helpful and benefited both RH > and our company. > > -- > Digimer > Papers and Projects: https://alteeve.ca/w/ > What if the cure for cancer is trapped in the mind of a person without > access to education? > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >