[CentOS] CentOS 8 Stream: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

Thu Dec 10 06:09:59 UTC 2020
Nicolas Kovacs <info at microlinux.fr>

Le 10/12/2020 à 00:51, Joshua Kramer a écrit :
> There have been hundreds of other messages that describe exactly what
> RedHat loses in this deal so I won't go into that here.  But branding
> oneself as a "bad faith actor" is usually a terrible way to try to
> pick up a little bit of subscription revenue.  In the end it's going
> to be a losing scenario.  This is an absolutely UNMITIGATED DISASTER
> from a marketing and community goodwill standpoint.

Reactions from competent sources all over the world are downright negative.

https://linuxfr.org/news/centos-se-saborde-t-elle

https://kofler.info/nachruf-auf-centos/

And this petition launched a bit more than a day ago already counts 3500
signatures (and growing fast):

https://www.change.org/p/centos-governing-board-do-not-destroy-centos-by-using-it-as-a-rhel-upstream

If I was a CentOS developer or a Red Hat employee, a mere glance at the
comments would inform me that I've just made a disastrous decision. Even if
there *may* be *some* technical merits to it.

Cheers,

Niki

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