I may be cynical, but I think this is a business decision. By gaining control of CentOS, RedHat gained control of its biggest (apparent) competitor. This action should increase the value of RedHat. A few years later, IBM buys RedHat for a staggering 34 BILLION dollars. I would expect that before the purchase, there is an internal "PowerPoint" slide discussing the elimination of CentOS Linux. Despite the commentary otherwise, I believe CentOS Stream is a type of "beta" release. RedHat can release changes into CentOS Stream to make sure it is all good before the point release of RHEL to the paying customers. Or maybe not. FCS On 12/15/20 10:59 PM, Gordon Messmer wrote: > On 12/15/20 7:59 PM, Joshua Kramer wrote: >> Why would RedHat invest millions more >> in buying the CentOS process just to have CentOS act as the beta? > > > Indeed. > > Often, when you can't find a reasonable answer to a question, it is > because the premise of the question itself is wrong. > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos