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We know 'Linux is a cancer'; could CentOS chaos spell opportunity for Microsoft?

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Why would it? The selling point of CentOS was that it was RHEL with a different logo, with all of the benefits and drawbacks.

If MS doesn't create a RHEL clone while promising a century-long support period, I don't see how it could be an opportunity.

Old CentOS users can switch to Alma/Rocky/Oracle for free, can shell out money for RHEL, or can switch to other distros - of course Azure is also an "other distro", but there are quite a few other with decades of history (better history than MS has)...

You can switch to Rocky Linux. It's the continuation of CentOS:

https://rockylinux.org/

Missed opportunity for dollarlinux.

Rocky Linux is a rebuild of RHEL using end-runs around the RHEL EULA. Whether you like the RH EULA or not, that still puts Rocky on shaky ground.

AlmaLinux is built from the same CentOS Sources as RHEL and patches faster, with no legal shenanigans, and, unlike Rocky Linux, is backed by an actual non-profit community that is not dominated by a single company.

To me, AlmaLinux is the true community successor to legacy CentOS.

Fully agree. Alma is the true continuation of CentOS IMHO. The Alma team has developed some serious chops, and contributes to the ecosystem as well. The Alma team is doing things the right way, and I have a lot of respect and appreciation for them.

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> However, for many administrators, an attitude of "Anything but Microsoft" persists, certainly since Steve Ballmer's decades-old bonkers "Linux is a cancer" comment. Persuading these same admins that Microsoft can be a trustworthy Linux partner is a challenge that should not be underestimated.

This is exactly the reason why most folks using .NET on GNU/Linux are Microsoft shops saving costs on server licenses, and not UNIX shops, despite .NET team best efforts.

Seeing that Microsoft hired Lennart Poettering a while ago, I don't think they ever intended to compete with the Linux market share by pushing Azure. It seems more like EEE from the Ballmer era. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extingu...

Those of us who remember the SCO bullsh*t have not forgotten what they are capable of.

People refuse to give up on RPMs lol

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