CentOS - Jan 2021 - RHEL changes

On 25/01/2021 20:05, Marc Balmer via CentOS wrote:
> 
> 
>> Am 25.01.2021 um 17:04 schrieb Johnny Hughes <johnny at
centos.org>:
>>
>>
>> I mean, I get it, some people are very upset with the new way CentOS is
>> being done.  And obviously people get to think what they think.  But
>> when this was announced, it was also announced that RHEL was going to
be
>> opened up early in Q1 of 2021 (which has happened and is still
happening).
> 
> So where is the option to install a RHEL system at a customer site, like I
was
> able with CentOS?
> 
Unless I'm misunderstanding Red Hat's offer of 16 free licenses, I'm
assuming you can install free RHEL for the customer, and that will form 
one of their (your customer's) 16 free entitlements. Unless your 
customer needs more than 16 free entitlements?

I'm assuming your customer has the relationship with Red Hat and 
entitlement to 16 free copies, and you are their sub-contracted IT 
professional responsible for installation and maintaining / supporting 
that installation.

Obviously if your customer requires in excess of 16 copies, this offer 
from Red Hat is not going to work for them, or you.

On Mon, 25 Jan 2021 20:17:17 +0000
Phil Perry wrote:
> I'm assuming your customer has the relationship with Red Hat and 
> entitlement to 16 free copies, and you are their sub-contracted IT 
> professional responsible for installation and maintaining / supporting 
> that installation.
That's a big assumption to make.

I set up systems for businesses who want "a computer that does job x".
They don't know, care, or want to know what it runs on as long as the thing
logs the production or makes the press crank on cue.  "Here's your
appliance", and they throw it in a corner and maybe someone blows the dust
off of it every couple of years when they're going by with a vacuum.

They don't want a relationship with Red Hat", and probably wouldn't
even know what that is if I told them about it.

"Hey Frank, this thing just quit.  Make it work again."  That's
all the involvement they want in the IT end of things.

-- 
MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Real D 3D Digital Cinema ~ www.melvilletheatre.com