I naively assume that since Decnet is a mature product supporting it just means testing it with new versions of Linux so not too much work is needed. If a linux distro keeps it it adds value to that distro. So, in the future, Redhat, for example, might be the only distro left supporting it so if you need Decnet you’ll want Redhat. This Creates a niche market by default.
Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 2, 2022, at 13:12, Grant Taylor via cctalk <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On 8/2/22 1:56 PM, Wayne S via cctalk wrote: >> Does dropping Decnet mean the the commercial versions like Redhat and any >> others that you pay support for will also lose Decnet? > > I imagine that even commercially supported distributions will eventually > loose DECnet support. -- I don't see how they can realistically avoid it. > > Red Hat is notorious for avoiding the bleeding edge and porting things across > kernel versions. So I suspect that they would have support longer than > something like Debian et al. > > > > -- > Grant. . . . > unix || die
