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CIQ, Oracle and SUSE Create Open Enterprise Linux Association for a Collaborative and Open Future (openela.org)

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CIQ (Rocky Linux), Oracle, and SUSE announce a new trade association dedicated to providing source code for building RHEL compatible distributions.

The formation of OpenELA arises from Red Hat's recent changes to RHEL source code availability.

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Jeez when your behaviour is making Oracle look like the good guy. I wonder how Red Hat feels about the outcome of their decision.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Red Hat (IBM) only sees the numbers. No emotion attached

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Makes me wonder how this would affect their number.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oracle has been full savage lately. From their press release on the issue 2 months ago:

By the way, if you are a Linux developer who disagrees with IBM’s actions and you believe in Linux freedom the way we do, we are hiring.

One observation for ISVs: IBM’s actions are not in your best interest. By killing CentOS as a RHEL alternative and attacking AlmaLinux and Rocky Linux, IBM is eliminating one way your customers save money and make a larger share of their wallet available to you. If you don’t yet support your product on Oracle Linux, we would be happy to show you how easy that is. Give your customers more choice.

Finally, to IBM, here’s a big idea for you. You say that you don’t want to pay all those RHEL developers? Here’s how you can save money: just pull from us. Become a downstream distributor of Oracle Linux. We will happily take on the burden

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Wow that's pretty vicious, I'm proud(?) of Oracle (that feels wrong to say)

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

@saplyng @OsrsNeedsF2P It's just Oracle trying to get more Oracle customers as usual.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I wouldn't be so proud.

Just opportunist Oracle being opportunist.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't think the shareholders care a whole lot unless stuff like this actually costs them customers. I am curious to know what some of the Red Hat developers think about this whole situation, though.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

I have a friend who works for them that is currently seeking new employment and she's been with them for 8 years. She loved it there before