> I promise you, to the best of my knowledge, IBM had nothing to do > with > this decision. Red Hat is a distinct unit inside IBM and Red Hat > still > has a CEO, CFO, etc. Red Hat also maintains a neutral relationship > with > many IBM competitors. So this was not an IBM decision. > So why is the hurry ? Why this was not done when the EL8 came alive ? Best Regards, Strahil Nikolov