I appreciate the thought, but am still miffed at the "embrace, extend, extinguish" that caught me off guard here. I can't exactly pull out too many pitch forks because CentOS did let me enjoy some of their packaging labor for free.
It's obvious in retrospect that their intention was to pull this when they acquired the CentOS project - plotting to turn CentOS into a RHEL on-ramp while dressing it as an embrace of the community feels like a kick in the groin.
Also, 16 servers is barely enough for tech companies caught by this, and is less of a good will gesture, and more subscription growth hacking.
It's obvious in retrospect that their intention was to pull this when they acquired the CentOS project - plotting to turn CentOS into a RHEL on-ramp while dressing it as an embrace of the community feels like a kick in the groin.
Also, 16 servers is barely enough for tech companies caught by this, and is less of a good will gesture, and more subscription growth hacking.