[GoLUG] Redhat's got serious competition

[Steve Litt]

Kyle Terrien said on Wed, 17 Jul 2024 15:39:06 -0700

>On 7/17/24 12:44, Steve Litt wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> Redhat has made some missteps lately, and SUSE is capitalizing on
>> them Read the following:
>> 
>> https://fossforce.com/2024/07/how-suse-is-replacing-red-hat-as-the-linux-and-open-source-enterprise-standard-bearer/
>> 
>> 
>> SteveT
>> 
>> Steve Litt
>> http://444domains.com
>>   
>
>Red Hat has stumbled into a snake pit of politics lately [1].

Lunduke has absolutely no credibility with me. I never believe him
unless I can find a couple other sources that don't directly or
indirectly come from him.

>Now, I'm not getting into the details here.  You can read about them
>and form your own opinions.  My point is that what is going on is a 
>significant shift from the meritocracy we heard repeatedly preached 
>through the 1990s-2000s.  

I was in the business throughout the 80's and 90's, and there was
absolutely no meritocracy. I saw my older friends get laid off and
never re-hired because they were old, not because they were unskilled
or unproductive. And your paycheck wasn't tied to your productivity, it
was tied to how willing you were to walk out the door if they didn't
give you more money.


>Specifically, an "open source company" (Red 
>Hat) has deviated from the tenet of "show them the source".  This is 
>hypocrisy, and management at Red Hat doesn't seem to understand that 
>(even though some of the engineers I have talked to are rather 
>frustrated).  It's not surprising that their mistakes are now costing 
>them their bottom line.

X-actly!

>
>Also it is painfully ironic that last year Oracle (previously known as 
>"the devil" in GNU/Linux groups) schooled Red Hat on the meaning of 
>"open source" [2].  (Who is the greater devil now?)

ROFLMAO! I didn't know about that.

[snip]

>If you use RHEL, you should have a contention plan.  The bell tolls,
>and it tolls for Red Hat.  

Oh I hope so!

>At a minimum, get to Rocky Linux or at
>least have a backup plan to convert your systems to Rocky Linux
>if/when the feces hit the fan.  Ideally, get to Debian if you can.

s/Debian/Devuan/   # :-)

>We live in interesting times.

Yes, and the old Chinese curse says "may you live in interesting times".

SteveT

Steve Litt 

http://444domains.com