Posted on 09/21/2024 6:50:09 AM PDT by ShadowAce
Wow, Wind River’s still around? Haven’t heard anything from them in ages.
Red Hat is now owned by IBM.
Open source is not in IBM’s genetic makeup.
Their entire business model is to make businesses 100% dependent on IBM products and support.
It’s not surprising they killed the open source aspect of Red Hat soon after they purchased it.
Red Hat is evil.
Open source free with no support vs open source paid with support
Red Hat created Fedora to get people to test Red Hat for free ,LOL
If someone doesn't need that level of support and engineering, then there are plenty of options out there. Nonetheless, if you are just an ordinary "civilian", Red Hat allows 16 free installations for those who want to learn and hack and avail themselves to Red Hat educational resources. It's an excellent deal.
There are so many Linux choices out there like Ubuntu, or Fedora (a Red Hat spin off ) or SUSE or Debian, etc., there is something for every use case. There are no "enemies", only choices.
I know very little programming and/or technical info. regarding computers. I understand that using an open source Linux distro allows a user to have a extremely low cost pay model of an OS...where the user doesn’t need Microsoft or Apple to run their computer.
Aren’t there enough Linux distros, programming languages, and programs, robust enough to run a medium sized enterprise already? So that the exorbitant fees charged by Microsoft and Apple can be avoided? Why the need for users to require a large for profit based OS provider?
“Wow, Wind River’s still around? Haven’t heard anything from them in ages.”
Worked with VxWorks decades ago. Amazing it is still being used in critical applications!
Article: “What we’ve chosen here is a bit brave in a way. We’ve decided to release 100% of the code into the community. We’ve decided to assert no commercial rights over the software or the name, and this allows the community to fully own the open source project.”
For the enterprise, SuSE (SLES) is one of the main players and not the afterthought intimated by the article. But the maintenance subscriptions aren’t cheap.
In terms of Cloud computing, Amazon deserves mention for its Linux variants.
And no mention of Slackware — that ain’t right… lol
I jumped to Debian (from Red Hat) in 2000, for the package management. I haven't really looked back, other than some time with Ubuntu and Mint.
Downloading the iso now.
Open source free with no support"If it breaks you get to keep the parts."
vs open source paid with support
Which makes total sense to me. If nothing else, there are situations where regulatory compliance requires one to have supported software.
Interesting. I find Red Hat's package management (DNF) to be much more powerful and flexible than Debian's APT.
What does Wind River have against a bunch of older women meeting for lunch?
LOL! Wrong Red Hat.
Interesting. I find Red Hat's package management (DNF) to be much more powerful and flexible than Debian's APT.
At the time (2000-ish) it wasn't. Not that I could find.
That's probably true. DNF didn't exist yet, and yum was still in its infancy.
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