On Wed, 09 Dec 2020 16:25:54 +0000, Stephan Lachnit <stephanlach...@protonmail.com> wrote: >When we look into why people use CentOS, the reason is pretty simple: it is >(or was) binary-compatible with RHEL, just without the support [2]. >I was reading comments from people that use RHEL on their production, but >CentOS at home or for testing, because you don't need to pay for it. >These use cases now don't work anymore, forcing them into either paying for >RHEL, or moving to a different ecosystem.
I know of at least two companies where the techies were quite happy with Debian (and delivered low cost and high availability with it), and then the non-technical management decided to move to Red Hat (because there is no support for Debian [meaning "no support with the official Debian label on it", disregarding the fact that you can buy superior Debian support all over the globe]), did the migration, fainted over the first Red Hat bill and promptly migrated over to CentOS (which has the same support situation as Debian). Never expect any kind of reasonable decision from enterprise IT management. You can only earn disappointment. >The more I started thinking about it, the more I wondered about why Debian >Stable and Ubuntu LTS are *not* binary-compatible. >It just doesn't make sense to me. Both Debian Stable and Ubuntu LTS provide a >more "long term" approach than let's say Fedora. >And while Ubuntu LTS is based on Debian, it is not based on Debian Stable, >even though they have release cycle of two years. >It would seem kinda obvious that Debian and Ubuntu have a common freeze period >and work on LTS maintenance together. > >Does anyone know why this is not the case? I suspect some historical reasons, >but I couldn't find anything quickly. Ubuntu never cared about Debian. They just take our work and the praise. Greetings Marc -- -------------------------------------- !! No courtesy copies, please !! ----- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fon: *49 621 72739834
