On 13.12.2020 03:50, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: > On 12/12/20 4:43 PM, Leon Fauster via CentOS wrote: >> Am 12.12.20 um 04:11 schrieb Yves Bellefeuille: >>> "John R. Dennison" <jrd at gerdesas.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Yes, far be it from people to worry about putting food on their >>>> children's table during a pandemic. >> >> What about the small businesses that in this times suffer very much, >> being forced to pay licenses will kill them ... I have a client that >> moved from IBMCloud/RedHat to AWS/CentOS to survive this times. >> (BTW: I suggest initially to use RHEL!) What do imagine who will be >> killed when they receive the message that they should plan some budgets >> for new licenses ... > > Hi. > Springdale Linux, RHEL clone already exists. Rocky Linux clone is in > preparation, and CloudLinux plans to publish RHEL clone also. > And notice that CentOS Linux 7 will be supported until EOL in 2024 and > there will still be support for CentOS Linux 8 for next 12 months, > enough to chose your exit strategy smartly and without emotions. Which brings further thoughts. I was creating replacements for CentOS 6 based systems, obviously beginning with CentOS 8. CentOS 7 looks less clumsy than CentOS 8, but it only receives maintenance updates now. Still 4 years ahead look better than one year with CentOS 8. My only concern ATM is whether RH can change its CentOS 7 maintenance plans as well, all of a sudden. (if I change Linux distribution later to another RHEL clone, it most probably would mean complete re-install anyway) "Choose now, Neo!" -- Sincerely, Konstantin Boyandin system administrator (ProWide Labs Ltd. - IPHost Network Monitor)