So no more CentOS LTS releases? The article's author is right: this is definitely going to move people to Ubuntu Server LTS because RHEL isn't exactly cheap.
So no more CentOS LTS releases? The article's author is right: this is definitely going to move people to Ubuntu Server LTS because RHEL isn't exactly cheap.
This seems like a good way to shrink the user base of RHEL in general. Without the entry level CentOS, there will be fewer customers willing to shell out the cash for RHEL.
Exactly. Running CentOS gave you a trivial upgrade path to RHEL when you needed/wanted support. It also exposed people to the RHEL ecosystem which is significantly different from Debian / Ubuntu. This will no doubt decrease their market share over time.
So no more CentOS Long-Term Support (Score:5, Interesting)
So no more CentOS LTS releases? The article's author is right: this is definitely going to move people to Ubuntu Server LTS because RHEL isn't exactly cheap.
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So no more CentOS LTS releases? The article's author is right: this is definitely going to move people to Ubuntu Server LTS because RHEL isn't exactly cheap.
This seems like a good way to shrink the user base of RHEL in general. Without the entry level CentOS, there will be fewer customers willing to shell out the cash for RHEL.
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Exactly. Running CentOS gave you a trivial upgrade path to RHEL when you needed/wanted support. It also exposed people to the RHEL ecosystem which is significantly different from Debian / Ubuntu. This will no doubt decrease their market share over time.
Re:So no more CentOS Long-Term Support (Score:2)
How trivial was that upgrade to RHEL? It didn't seem so trivial the last time I did it; it was more of a complete re-installation.
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Yes but any automation scripts and any of your binaries are pretty much guaranteed to work without re-compiles/re-testing.