[GTALUG] Red Hat Paywall...

[Evan Leibovitch]

On Thu, Jul 6, 2023 at 7:04 AM BCLUG via talk <talk at gtalug.org> wrote:

> Evan Leibovitch via talk wrote on 2023-07-04 03:39:
>


> >  4. I see an opportunity for SUSE which maintains both an
> >     enterprise-Linux focus and good community relations. Are they up to
> >     it? As a longshot maybe even Oracle could try to seize the moment
> >     and try a charm offensive to attract a community... but that's
> >     unlikely considered its many burned bridges (Solaris, OpenOffice,
> Java)
>
> That's an interesting idea - the rise of SUSE / OpenSuse. I kinda like the
> idea - I don't have personal experience with it, but it seems
> well-regarded.
>
> Seems the whole English speaking world (of podcasters and YouTubers) has a
> bit of a blind spot to SUSE and they probably deserve more attention.
>
> Good call, hope it pans out.
>

This path just got WAY more interesting. SUSE has committed to creating and
maintaining an open source fork of RHEL:

https://news.itsfoss.com/suse-rhel-fork/

- Evan
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