Have a look at the bottom of this page: https://www.suse.com/
All the companies you mention and more are partners in Suse, a sister company to Novell, which acquired it in 2004 but was acquired together with Suse in 2010 by Attachmate. They have a proprietary and an open source version of Suse. My point is that you can experiment with those alternatives. It is always advisable to have a Plan B. Jean-Victor Côté, M.Sc.(Sciences économiques), (CPA, CMA), Post MBA J'ai aussi passé d'autres examens, dont les examens CFA. J'ai un profil Viadeo sommaire: http://www.viadeo.com/fr/profile/jean-victor.cote I also have a LinkedIn profile: http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=2367003&trk=tab_pro > Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 11:49:54 -0800 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Future of Scientific Linux > > On Sun, Feb 09, 2014 at 04:44:22AM -0800, Henrique C. S. Junior wrote: > > I'd like to know what people think about (possible) future scenarios for > > Scientific Linux. Let's say: > > - If SL becomes a CentOS SIG (builded using the CentOS Core) does it still > > worth the time or will you change to CentOS? > > - If nothing changes and SL continue to be build from SRPMs (with a huge > > delay compared to CentOS) > > - If SL dies to be replaced by CentOS at CERN and Fermi Lab > > Feel free to add new scenarios. > > > Perhaps you do not know "where the legs grow from" of SL/SLC (CERN). > > (omitting a few minor details) (hah, minor details, yes!) > > SL/SLC is a joint project of CERN, FermiLab and other major Govt labs > to provide high-energy physics experiments that have large data analysis > requirements with a Linux distribution suitable for running on large computing > farms (think CERN, LHC machine, ATLAS experiment). > > For historical reasons (hah!) this distribution is based on Red Hat Linux > (from > before the "E"). Given the massive installed base at CERN, BNL, FermiLab and > elsewhere (even at TRIUMF), and given the general inertia of big projects, > do not expect a switch to Debian. > > So even if SL tanks or FermiLab tanks, SLC (CERN) will continue. Even if Red > Hat tanks, > SLC will probably continue. If you have any doubts, consider the size of > the CERN LHC machine, (in km, in $$$, in person-count, in TB of data produced) > and understand that CERN have a computing departement of matching size. > > Given that CERN-affiliated projects buy massive amounts of computer equipment > from IBM, Dell, HP, & co, vendor support for CERN Linux will continue, too. > > > -- > Konstantin Olchanski > Data Acquisition Systems: The Bytes Must Flow! > Email: olchansk-at-triumf-dot-ca > Snail mail: 4004 Wesbrook Mall, TRIUMF, Vancouver, B.C., V6T 2A3, Canada
