On 30/10/2018 09:25, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: > > On 10/30/18 3:20 AM, Rob Kampen wrote: >> On 30/10/18 20:06, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: >>> >>> On 10/30/18 2:46 AM, Simon Matter wrote: >>>>> On 10/29/18 1:55 AM, Simon Matter wrote: >>>>>> To me it seems like, if they are smart, they will try to push IBM >>>>>> POWER >>>>>> and RedHat Linux together to establish real competition in the >>>>>> hardware >>>>>> market again (and of course don't forget to keep Fedora/CentOS >>>>>> alive)! >>>>> Er, RHEL has been running on Power for a very long time. The fastest >>>>> supercomputer in the world is Power9 + RHEL. >>>> What I meant is that POWER could become a competitor for Intel/AMD >>>> based >>>> servers. We're now running AMD EPYC servers with 64Cores/128Threads >>>> and we >>>> didn't find any POWER system which could compete in this area. >>>> >>>> Also, looking at TOP500 list there are not so many POWER systems >>>> anymore. >>>> IBM could change this now. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Simon >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> CentOS mailing list >>>> CentOS at centos.org >>>> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >>> >>> >>> Yeah.....I guess that's one way to look at it. >>> >>> My biggest worry? Is I've placed so much time and effort "getting to >>> know" Fedora and its intricacies, idiosyncrasies, its ins and >>> outs...dealt with ridicule on this very same list when I first >>> started, have "cut my teeth" on learning VERY hard lessons about >>> certain syntax in the Terminal and what NOT to type.......only to >>> have that all "taken" away from me at the whim of IBM. It just seems >>> unfair. I'm hoping like H3LL that the developers @ Fedora are >>> seriously thinking about forking "Just In Case"!? I mean they could >>> still use the .RPM extensions, and possibly even still pull their >>> code from RHEL, but at least they would be autonomous and wouldn't >>> have to rely on IBM's good will in order to keep on churning out >>> what....to me...is the best Linux distro on the planet! As I write >>> this....I'm eyeballing the spare ThinkPad T-410 that I've neglected >>> since I have Fedora running on a Dell XPS, and I'm thinking its time >>> to get "back to my roots" and to find a distro I can put on that >>> device and run without concern....I've heard some decent things >>> about this "Pop-OS" which comes with System76's hardware. Maybe I'll >>> give that a spin......then like I had said before...there's always >>> Debian plain vanilla...with maybe MATE or Cinnamon?.....or else its >>> going to have to be where I buckle down and finally learn all there >>> is to know about LFS and Arch Linux and then move on to one of >>> those...(God!.....at 47!?....its like how can I POSSIBLY start over >>> again!?...) and THIS is the kind of turmoil that ensues when a >>> corporation buys a fully functioning open course company! >>> >> wow, I am just 62 and looking forward to the next round of CentOS - >> version 8 coming up? - must be due soon .... >> Love learning new stuff, it never gets old (pun intended). >> sorry for the noise, but couldn't resist, must be the age .... > > > > Hahahaah!.....good one! Now THAT made me smile!.....thanks for the > laugh! Gotta remember to not always be the Doom & Gloom bearer! :o)! > Guess I'll just keep on truckin' with F29...and hope all goes well. > > > > EGO II > > > But it is also entirely possible that CentOS 8 will be the last one to come out. Before a corporate agenda will "merge" it with their general philosophy. To me it looks pathetic that a lively profitable entity with an entirely different corporate psychology is consumed by big conglomerates. What for? By the way I am 60 and been following Linux/Linus since Kernel 0.99. Some time before RedHat appeared strong on the scene. Andreas