It’s become clear to many that Red Hat’s recent missteps with CentOS and the availability of RHEL source code indicate that it’s fallen from its respected place as “the open organization.” SUSE seems to be poised to benefit from Red Hat’s errors. We connect the dots.

  • DigitalDilemma@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Linux is that it is today thanks to Redhat.

    Mmm, maybe - but only if you allow that the same can be said for the tens of thousands of other companies and individuals who have contributed.

    • Auzy@beehaw.org
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      5 months ago

      Absolutely it can.

      But Redhat is a huge contributor

      The biggest threat that Linux faces isn’t from Microsoft or other companies. Over the past 30 years, I’ve noticed it is actually from the community. I’ve seen so many cases where the community blows things out of proportion and scares off developers. It sucks. Linux and open source would be so much more successful if we didn’t constantly make open source toxic for companies

      Poor people like Lennart Poettering get shat on constantly too. He could get a much better paying job

      Even right now… VSCode. It’s open source and MIT. People are STILL crapping on Microsoft and saying stuff like “oh wait for the enshittification”, instead of thanking them, or encouraging them for more

      It’s bonkers… There’s so much negative reinforcement out there that it’s scaring people away

      • DigitalDilemma@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        5 months ago

        You are right.

        It’s human nature emboldened by freedom, of course. Codes of Practice help, but can’t change the freedom that comes from entitlement and anonymity.

        But on balance, there’s an awful lot of genuine people doing good, respectfully and politely.

    • LeFantome
      11·
      5 months ago

      What other company or individual can the same be said of?

      He did not say “shared a two-line bug fix one time”. The claim is that Red Hat is almost uniquely important in the Open Source ecosystem. Their source code contributions and / or the number of significant project that they have founded are evidence of this.

      Can you name even a single company with the same impact? You certainly cannot name tens of thousands.

      Often, when somebody moves the goal posts to avoid addressing an argument head on, it is to intentionally mislead. I hope that is not the case here.