Yes, businesses will punt and settle for Red Hat... How is Red Hat "settling?" It's an excellent OS--very stable, robust, capable, and supported.
...but the Linux fanatics will shed oceans of tears.
Why?
I like Red Hat and think it is a great choice for biz. However, some Linux aficionado will lambaste it as being inferior to the version he prefers which will be different from all the other Linux versions that all the other Linux cultists prefer.
So yes, they will consider it as settling and will whine everytime they are forced by the idiots in corporate to have to settle for Red Hat.