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The linked page claims that CloudLinux has pledged $1M/yr to AlmaLinux which solves one of the main concerns I have about Rocky.

It also seems like CloudLinux has already been doing something like this internally so it shouldn't be an issue to get the project up and going. It will be interesting to see how they do vs Rocky.

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There's a difference between a community backed effort vs a CEO of a small company that wants to throw $1M at something. Considering a community would do it for free, I'm under the impression that the CEO just wants to make money.

In fairness, the home page says "Backed by 1M annual investment"

I view the risk differently: A community is self-supporting and contributors are equal.

If one entity throws 1M/yr onto it, they could suddenly stop and the contributors go away and no other contributors can take over as they never were equals ...

(And yes, it's more complicated, first case can also lose key contributors who have keys etc.)

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