[Cialug] CentOS changes

[Theron Conrey]

A lot of companies that got used to RHEL for free are bummed they can't
anymore. While I get that some will move to other distros, using upstream
CentOS at the last snapshot BEFORE it becomes RHEL doesn't seem like a
terrible idea at zero investment cost.

IT departments upset they can't just get RHEL at no cost though..... the
irony they'd switch to something else just to continue not paying for open
source is wild.

I wonder how many shops that contribute to upstream codebases will switch.
My guess is those supporting the ecosystem won't be flustered, but those
who only treat it as a free product will be bent and leave.

-theron

On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 10:01 AM David Champion <dchamp1337 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> So, this is happening...
>
> https://itsfoss.com/centos-stream-fiasco/
>
> TL;DR is CentOS will no longer be the stable release that mirrors RHEL, it
> will be more like Fedora. CentOS 7 will be supported through 2024. Looks
> like IBM is trying to drive more people to paying for RHEL, or more likely
> drive them to using another free alternative like Ubuntu server.
>
> -dc
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