Here is the source blog post from oracle: https://www.oracle.com/news/announcement/blog/keep-linux-open-and-free-2023-07-10/
RedHat really fucked up with this move. I know RedHat employees and everyone from RedHat I met so far was proud they work there and how much open source meant to the company. I guess there will be more and more redhatters looking for new opportunities in the coming months.
But Oracle? How are they better in any way? RedHat still writes FOSS software. Oracle just profited off it being easy for RHEL customers to migrate to Oracle Linux. They do add on top of RHEL, but they could built a distro themselves too.
This article reads to me like satire from Oracle.
PS: I don’t like what RH done either.
Never meant to defend oracle. I dislike them even more than IBM.
IMHO Redhat cloud was just as proprietary as oracle’s. Sure, Redhat was one of (if not the) the greatest contributor to open source, but since acquired by IBM it seems the momentum is going down (I don’t have any data on this, only a few articles like this I’ve reaad)
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Everyone keeps saying redhat this, redhat that as if they’re talking of an independent entity. IBM bought redhat, and probably to run it into the ground too. Fuck IBM.
By the way, I still don’t believe oracle’s “commitment” to open source, but that writing was a cool slap to IBM’s face.
Begun, the Enterprise Linux Wars have.
Where there’s money, there’s war 😬
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Oracle and their stupid PR stunts
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Let them fight, and rock on with Debian.
No, we need to get Canonical in on the action. 3 way brawl to the death!
Canonical has its own issues. Security updates to packages being put behind a paywall called “Ubuntu Pro” even during the LTS window is driving people away from Ubuntu right now as well.
Wait, what? I need to expedite my migration to debian.
If you want more info look here: https://ubuntu.com/security/esm
Imagine if you were trying to keep compliance and suddenly a security update was an ESM package found in the Universe repo? To get that update installed you’d have to pay Ubuntu Pro for each host you have.
They have a personal license like how Red Hat allows some licenses for personal use so if you have a few home machines it’s fine. But if you have a job that has a fleet? Not a fun time to suddenly need to pay for updates even during LTS window.
how Red Hat allows some licenses for personal use
This programme has a serious barrier to continued entry. It’s all but fake. The only way is Rocky.
Tbh, just stop using software well past it’s prime, or pay the cost of developing the fixes.
Everything can’t be free, at some point it’s gotta cost something.
Everything can’t be free, at some point it’s gotta cost something.
Not everything is a “fuck you pay me” relationship. Being a dev who for years built a tool used by people on the daily, the entire thing was a labour of love and I was glad others used and improved it.
I’m sorry you were raised so mercenary. American?
