this post was submitted on 09 Jul 2023
178 points (94.5% liked)
Linux
48372 readers
1238 users here now
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).
Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.
Rules
- Posts must be relevant to operating systems running the Linux kernel. GNU/Linux or otherwise.
- No misinformation
- No NSFW content
- No hate speech, bigotry, etc
Related Communities
Community icon by Alpár-Etele Méder, licensed under CC BY 3.0
founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Hm, then respectfully, if it's not possible for a RedHat employee to be anything more than an advertisement and we're judging the number of people on either side to be the indicator of truth, then I guess there's nothing productive for you and I to discuss. I didn't hear anything that sounded like rationalization or excuses from the RedHat guy.
Something people were getting for free is no longer free. Those people will always outnumber anyone who has a different perspective on the situation. Which is why I said that FOSS enthusiasts have a tendency not to understand or appreciate what they're getting for "free" and everyone wants to treat open source like it's entirely powered by community and spirit and "money" or "compensation" or "economics" don't really mean anything because we shrug it aside.
Everyone wants to demonize the big bad corporate IBM but somehow we're totally happy looking the other way while Rocky Linux happily clones the product and sells support contracts to NASA that should rightfully go to RedHat, no matter how much money RedHat makes.
I think RedHat has provided tons of alternatives and compromises that don't involve buying RHEL. Again, I don't think this decision is going to convert anyone to a paid customer.
It's entirely possible. They could have gotten Jeff or anyone else who didn't agree with Red Hat on the show, there is not a shortage of people in the community that disagree as you say. They could have done another show to cover what 'the entire linux community' thinks about this.
For whatever reason they choose to invite on a Red Hat employee, not ask any difficult questions and generally just agree with everything he says. I don't know the Red Hat dev or the people doing the podcast but if the 'entire linux community' are not happy it's not great journalism.
"Now we've heard Red Hat's version of events, for some balance we will interview the devs of Rocky & Alma and next week we have editor of The Register on"
I've not looked at the podcast, maybe they have done this sort of thing....but if their only contribution is to get on a Red Hat employee and agree with him, I'm confortable dismissing them.
If I was IBM and my employee was going on a podcast for damage limitation, I'd want assurances those hosting would be doing exactly what they did, agreeing with company policy.
I rely on Linux, not Red Hat. In my time on linux, a decade or so, Linus has been consistently awesome and Red Hat have consistently been dicks.
If Linus starts ranting about freeloaders I will listen, but freeloader chat from IBM is less compelling.