Fri, 22 May 2020 21:41:17 -0400 - Steve Litt <slitt@???>:

> > Trace out, please, the mechanism for how
> > specifically that worked, according to you.
>
> 1. Redhat complexifies Linux.
>

> 2. People have trouble adminning the new Linux and finding folks
>    capable of adminning the new Linux.

>
> 3. People turn to Redhat for training, consultancy, and certs.


Indeed.

In the past, many IBM hardware was used in many farms (servers, nas, tape
libraries etc.), which required optimized systems, configurations and drivers
as well as considerable skills and knowledge from system administrators. And
paying for the RH subscription (priority in getting fixes and patches,
knowledge base etc) was the rule. And many more subscriptions, much more
financial value...

Now it seems to me that things have changed a bit (new strong competitors,
cloud, saas, etc) and RH needs to maintain, in one way or another, the position
it has held.

And, it seems to me, it is trying to do it in a similar way: unnecessary
complexity, very rapid version changes, problematic analysis and debugging etc,
which means training, consultancy, and certs, which means financial value...

Regards


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