I have experience working with some of the world's largest enterprise shops, and I've noticed that RHEL is the most commonly used operating system. Interestingly, many tech experts we hire have learned their skills using CentOS or Scientific Linux (SL). I believe Red Hat may be undervaluing the importance of their so-called "freeloader" distributions for their ecosystem. Many developers and system administrators use CentOS in their homes or small businesses for learning. Not to mention many of these Linux experts pushed RHEL at the workplace as a side effect of using "freeloader" distributions. On a positive note, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) will no longer have the authority to establish standards. Various Linux distributions have adopted bash, systemd, GNOME, and other software as a default because of Red Hat's influence. I also understand Red Hat needs to pay their engineers while maintaining at least four releases and backporting bugs. They did this pre-IBM era. So what changed? The previously dominant player in open-source technology is showing signs of becoming more unfriendly, which is regrettable. While there is still time to address this issue, I am not particularly optimistic about the outcome. Red Hat needs to be honest instead of corporate PR stuff. That is all I'm asking. Sincerely, @nixCraft PS: I used "Red Hat Linux" before it was officially named RHEL in 2000.

I have experience working with some of the world's largest enterprise shops, and I've noticed that RHEL is the most commonly used operating system. Interestingly, many tech experts we hire have learned their skills using CentOS or Scientific Linux (SL). I believe Red Hat may be undervaluing the importance of their so-called "freeloader" distributions for their ecosystem. Many developers and system administrators use CentOS in their homes or small businesses for learning. Not to mention many of these Linux experts pushed RHEL at the workplace as a side effect of using "freeloader" distributions. On a positive note, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) will no longer have the authority to establish standards. Various Linux distributions have adopted bash, systemd, GNOME, and other software as a default because of Red Hat's influence. I also understand Red Hat needs to pay their engineers while maintaining at least four releases and backporting bugs. They did this pre-IBM era. So what changed? The previously dominant player in open-source technology is showing signs of becoming more unfriendly, which is regrettable. While there is still time to address this issue, I am not particularly optimistic about the outcome. Red Hat needs to be honest instead of corporate PR stuff. That is all I'm asking. Sincerely, @nixCraft PS: I used "Red Hat Linux" before it was officially named RHEL in 2000.
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