Re: [CentOS] IBM buying RedHat

2018-10-30 Thread Andreas Kasenides

On 30/10/2018 09:25, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:


On 10/30/18 3:20 AM, Rob Kampen wrote:

On 30/10/18 20:06, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:


On 10/30/18 2:46 AM, Simon Matter wrote:

On 10/29/18 1:55 AM, Simon Matter wrote:
To me it seems like, if they are smart, they will try to push IBM 
POWER
and RedHat Linux together to establish real competition in the 
hardware
market again (and of course don't forget to keep Fedora/CentOS 
alive)!

Er, RHEL has been running on Power for a very long time. The fastest
supercomputer in the world is Power9 + RHEL.
What I meant is that POWER could become a competitor for Intel/AMD 
based
servers. We're now running AMD EPYC servers with 64Cores/128Threads 
and we

didn't find any POWER system which could compete in this area.

Also, looking at TOP500 list there are not so many POWER systems 
anymore.

IBM could change this now.

Regards,
Simon

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Yeah.I guess that's one way to look at it.

My biggest worry? Is I've placed so much time and effort "getting to 
know" Fedora and its intricacies, idiosyncrasies, its ins and 
outs...dealt with ridicule on this very same list when I first 
started, have "cut my teeth" on learning VERY hard lessons about 
certain syntax in the Terminal and what NOT to type...only to 
have that all "taken" away from me at the whim of IBM. It just seems 
unfair. I'm hoping like H3LL that the developers @ Fedora are 
seriously thinking about forking "Just In Case"!? I mean they could 
still use the .RPM extensions, and possibly even still pull their 
code from RHEL, but at least they would be autonomous and wouldn't 
have to rely on IBM's good will in order to keep on churning out 
whatto me...is the best Linux distro on the planet! As I write 
thisI'm eyeballing the spare ThinkPad T-410 that I've neglected 
since I have Fedora running on a Dell XPS, and I'm thinking its time 
to get "back to my roots" and to find a distro I can put on that 
device and run without concernI've heard some decent things 
about this "Pop-OS" which comes with System76's hardware. Maybe I'll 
give that a spin..then like I had said before...there's always 
Debian plain vanilla...with maybe MATE or Cinnamon?.or else its 
going to have to be where I buckle down and finally learn all there 
is to know about LFS and Arch Linux and then move on to one of 
those...(God!.at 47!?its like how can I POSSIBLY start over 
again!?...) and THIS is the kind of turmoil that ensues when a 
corporation buys a fully functioning open course company!


wow, I am just 62 and looking forward to the next round of CentOS - 
version 8 coming up? - must be due soon 

Love learning new stuff, it never gets old (pun intended).
sorry for the noise, but couldn't resist, must be the age 




Hahahaah!.good one! Now THAT made me smile!.thanks for the 
laugh! Gotta remember to not always be the Doom & Gloom bearer! :o)! 
Guess I'll just keep on truckin' with F29...and hope all goes well.




EGO II





But it is also entirely possible that CentOS 8 will be the last one to 
come out. Before a corporate agenda will "merge" it with their general 
philosophy.


To me it looks pathetic that a lively profitable entity with an entirely 
different corporate psychology is consumed by big conglomerates. What for?


By the way I am 60 and been following Linux/Linus since Kernel 0.99. 
Some time before RedHat appeared strong on the scene.


Andreas



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Re: [CentOS] [CentOS-announce] CentOS Project joins forces with Red Hat

2014-01-13 Thread Andreas Kasenides
On 08-01-2014 3:04, Always Learning wrote:
 On Tue, 2014-01-07 at 21:09 +, Karanbir Singh wrote:
 
 With great excitement I'd like to announce that we are joining the Red
 Hat family. The CentOS Project ( http://www.centos.org ) is joining
 forces with Red Hat. Working as part of the Open Source and Standards
 team ( http://community.redhat.com/ ) to foster rapid innovation
 beyond the platform into the next generation of emerging technologies.
 Working alongside the Fedora and RHEL ecosystems, we hope to further
 expand on the community offerings by providing a platform that is
 easily consumed, by other projects to promote their code while we
 maintain the established base.
 
 But there is more to Red Hat's de facto take-over including the
 imposition of USA's domestic law on citizens all around the world.
 
 The compulsory imposition of USA law on all Centos downloaders creates
 the possibility of being arrested in one's home country and sent to the
 USA for a criminal trial.  A few people in Britain have been extradited
 to the USA for criminal trials for matters which are not criminal in
 Britain.
 
 Can anyone remember seeing this on the old Centos  ?
 
 http://www.centos.org/legal/
 
 Export Regulations
 
 By downloading CentOS software, you acknowledge that you understand all
 of the following: CentOS software and technical information may be
 subject to the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (the “EAR”) and
 other U.S. and foreign laws and may not be exported, re-exported or
 transferred (a) to any country listed in Country Group E:1 in 
 Supplement
 No. 1 to part 740 of the EAR (currently, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan
  Syria); (b) to any prohibited destination or to any end user who has
 been prohibited from participating in U.S. export transactions by any
 federal agency of the U.S. government; or (c) for use in connection 
 with
 the design, development or production of nuclear, chemical or 
 biological
 weapons, or rocket systems, space launch vehicles, or sounding rockets,
 or unmanned air vehicle systems. You may not download CentOS software 
 or
 technical information if you are located in one of these countries or
 otherwise subject to these restrictions. You may not provide CentOS
 software or technical information to individuals or entities located in
 one of these countries or otherwise subject to these restrictions. You
 are also responsible for compliance with foreign law requirements
 applicable to the import, export and use of CentOS software and
 technical information.
 
 This is a Community mantained site. Red Hat, Inc is not responsible for
 its content.
 
 --

Apparently nto all is well with the take-over.
Here is an example. Should I stop mirroring CentOS in the fear of being
arrested next time a I visit the US on vacation?

---
Hi,

We are mirroring centos in Iran.

http://centos.iranmirror.ir

IP: 94.182.146.125

Protocols: http

Location: Asia / Iran / Tehran

Bandwidth: 1 Gbps

Version: All

Architecture: All

Direct DVD Download: Yes

Organisation: http://iransamaneh.com (Web application development and 
web hosting)

Email: ad...@iranmirror.ir

Thanks

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