CentOS - Jul 2021 - Centos versions in the future?

There's also Alma, which is where I've gone after being with CentOS 
since 5.3

On 07/07/2021 10:44, Nikolaos Milas wrote:
> On 30/4/2021 7:27 ?.?., Gionatan Danti wrote:
> 
>>
>> The correct answer is to buy RH: fine. But do not let Stream touch 
>> anything which require a kABI compatible modules. As said above, the 
>> Stream move is squarely addresses *cloud* vendor requests and needs. 
>> Again, fine. But please leave apart the RH comparison, this is not 
>> going to help Stream.
>>
>> Again, don't let me wrong: I wishes the best to Stream, and I will
use
>> it where appropriate. But "where" is much smaller today than 
>> yesterday. But this aside, I really thank you all CentOS maintainer 
>> for your monumental work, and I really hope Stream will be a success. 
> 
> I re-visit this thread, since it is crucial for CentOS 8 users.
> 
> RESF / Rocky Linux is gaining worldwide recognition and sets itself as 
> the primary organization / platform to become the CentOS 8 heir / 
> successor in the future.
> 
> Google and Microsoft become RESF sponsors/partners:
> 
>  ?? https://rockylinux.org/news/community-update-june-2021/
> 
> And so IBM/RH lose the tremendous advantage they had by owning the 
> CentOS project, which - it seems - never evaluated correctly.
> 
>  From now on, it is clear that hundreds of thousands of CentOS 
> installations will be migrating to Rocky Linux.
> 
> I also wish the best of success to CentOS Stream, but this is not what 
> the CentOS community expected.
> 
> My 2c.
> Nick
> 
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On 7/7/2021 12:47 ?.?., J Martin Rushton via CentOS wrote:
> There's also Alma, which is where I've gone after being with CentOS
> since 5.3 
AlmaLinux is a great project too, IMHO, but things show that the new 
industry standard (replacing CentOS) will probably be Rocky Linux.

(Yes, RHEL **AND** CentOS have indeed been industry standards - the 
point of reference -, IMHO, and this is what IBM/RHEL have failed to 
realize: You don't alter a point of reference.)

It is interesting to see what Service Providers will do with their (huge 
numbers of) CentOS installations, when they migrate...

 From the users/admins' perspective it is to their interest to have 
robust and healthy alternatives.

In our org, I am now using Rocky Linux on new installations (without 
issues) and will be migrating several CentOS 8 boxes to Rocky Linux as well.

Cheers,
Nick